The Threat from the Sky. Peter Calamai.
by Calamai, Peter; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 56Environment. Publisher: Toronto Star, 2003ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): 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 -- CanadaDDC classification: 050 Summary: "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."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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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."
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