Calamai, Peter,
The Threat from the Sky. Peter Calamai. - Toronto Star, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 56, Environment, 1522-3205; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: The Threat from the Sky, June 14, 2003; pp. H5.
"Mercury is the Scarlet Pimpernel of toxic pollutants, popping up everywhere but nearly impossible to pin down. This elusive iniquitousness matters because mercury is an acute nerve poison in people and animals, bringing serious illness and death in high doses and lasting neurological and developmental damage from chronic exposure." (TORONTO STAR) This article reveals that "10 per cent of American women of childbearing age have blood mercury levels above the acceptable limit set by the U.S. government," while noting that "as many as 375,000 babies a year could be at risk of health damage from mercury exposure in the womb."
1522-3205;
Air pollution--Canada
Fish as food--Contamination
Health risk assessment
Mercury
Mercury--Toxicology
Mercury in the body
Mercury wastes--Environmental aspects
Poisons
Public health
Water pollution--Canada
AC1.S5
050
The Threat from the Sky. Peter Calamai. - Toronto Star, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 56, Environment, 1522-3205; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: The Threat from the Sky, June 14, 2003; pp. H5.
"Mercury is the Scarlet Pimpernel of toxic pollutants, popping up everywhere but nearly impossible to pin down. This elusive iniquitousness matters because mercury is an acute nerve poison in people and animals, bringing serious illness and death in high doses and lasting neurological and developmental damage from chronic exposure." (TORONTO STAR) This article reveals that "10 per cent of American women of childbearing age have blood mercury levels above the acceptable limit set by the U.S. government," while noting that "as many as 375,000 babies a year could be at risk of health damage from mercury exposure in the womb."
1522-3205;
Air pollution--Canada
Fish as food--Contamination
Health risk assessment
Mercury
Mercury--Toxicology
Mercury in the body
Mercury wastes--Environmental aspects
Poisons
Public health
Water pollution--Canada
AC1.S5
050