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EPA still on scene of mercury poisoning  -  25 Mar 2008
KXII-TV,COLBERT, OK - An update to the mercury poisoning story we first told you about last Thursday. Environmental Protection Agency officials were back on scene

Study: Pregnant women who eat more fish, including canned tuna ...  -  25 Mar 2008
Consumer Freedom,US cases of mercury poisoning from eating fish have never materialized in the medical literature, but women who run away from the fish counter during their

Mercury poisoning in Colbert â€“ UPDATE  -  Mar 21, 2008
KXII-TV,New details emerged Friday about a house in Colbert that remains sealed off due to mercury poisoning. An Environmental Protection Agency scientist says they

Colbert Couple Recovering After Mercury Poisoning  -  Mar 21, 2008
KTEN,Authorities now know why a Colbert couple suffered mercury poisioning. The couple was using mercury to extract tiny gold pieces from old computer parts.

Mercury poisoning in Colbert  -  Mar 20, 2008
KXII-TV,Two people were hospitalized Wednesday night in what authorities believe is mercury poisoning. A Colbert house has been sealed off because the people living

Should You Worry About Mercury Poisoning? Find out in the March ...  -  Mar 6, 2008
Denver Post,BOULDER, Colo., March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to recent news about the high levels of mercury found in fish, the March 2008 issue of Natural

Need to know - poisoning  -  Feb 29, 2008
Pulse,Patients still sometimes attribute their non-specific symptoms to chronic mercury poisoning from amalgam fillings. Is there any evidence for this belief?

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Malaysia Star,Though no mercury poisoning cases from dolphin meat have been publicly documented in Taiji, such contamination resonates loudly in Japan, where thousands

Ash Grove's goal: Cut mercury by 85 percent  -  Mar 20, 2008
Baker City Herald,That level of risk of mercury poisoning is more likely found in places like Japan, where mercury concentration is between 1000 and 10000 times what it is in

Flash: An illuminating accident about unintended consequences  -  Mar 22, 2008
Pueblo Chieftain,Should I have my family tested for mercury poisoning? It seems so silly, after all, for just a light bulb. But can you ever be sure enough?

Toxic Tuna is Raising Raw Fears  -  Feb 28, 2008
NewsBlaze,If you think mercury poisoning doesn't happen in the US, think again. San Francisco physician Jane Hightower found that dozens of her patients had high

Mercuryâ€™s Blowback - Autism  -  Mar 9, 2008
Health SentinelThe â€œmad hattersâ€? of the 19th century suffered from mercury poisoning which caused personality changes, nervousness, trembling, and even dementia.

Alarm bells sound over threat of mercury contamination  -  Mar 9, 2008
The Chronicle Journal,...â€œOur people are still struggling with mercury poisoning from more than 30 years ago. . . . Enough is enough. The government must act now to better protect

Mercury leaks found as new bulbs break  -  Feb 26, 2008
Boston Globe,Compact fluorescent lamps - those spiral, energy-efficient bulbs popular as a device to combat global warming - can pose a small risk of mercury poisoning

Mercury threat rising in Ontario  -  Mar 6, 2008
Canada NewsWire (press release),..."Our people are still struggling with mercury poisoning from more than 30 years ago, not to mention the additional impacts of mercury released from clearcut

ConsumerWatch: What To Do About Mercury In Fish  -  Mar 3, 2008
CBS 5,Dr. Jane Hightower is an expert in mercury poisoning at California Pacific Medical Center. She studied patients who were feeling symptoms of mercury

EU backs mercury amalgam use  -  Mar 1, 2008
ArabianBusiness.com,Patient groups, however, have argued that amalgam is unsafe, citing the known effects of mercury poisoning. "The facts do not add up - mercury is the third

Okla. latest state to produce vaccine legislation  -  Mar 17, 2008
Journal Record (subscription),...reports Advocates for Childrenâ€™s Health Affected by Mercury Poisoning, one of several groups that have been lobbying the federal government to have

Gold upstream, poison downstream in Philippines fairy mountain  -  Mar 1, 2008
AFPMany residents suffer the effects of mercury poisoning, as the heavy metal is used to separate the gold from the ore and contaminates food and water.

Senator McCain: "Strong Evidence" of Autism-Vaccine Link  -  Mar 2, 2008
Yahoo! NewsMany parents, especially members of A-CHAMP (Advocates for Children's Health Affected by Mercury Poisoning), met with McCain last year, prompting this

Safe sushi choices for kids  -  Mar 14, 2008
SheKnows.com,However, if they eat too much of certain types of fish, they can be at risk for mercury poisoning. Pregnant women have always been advised to stay away from

Bill promotes mercury recycling  -  Mar 4, 2008
San Mateo County Times,Although cases of mercury poisoning are rare, heavy consumption may cause loss of coordination and memory, or problems in organs like the kidneys and the

Broken Bulb Dreams  -  Mar 14, 2008
Living on the Earth,...that have issued some reports on the risks of mercury poisoning to infants, children, and pregnant women if compact fluorescent bulbs break.

Family Poisoned By Mercury After Furnace Leaks  -  Mar 4, 2008
KSFY,Dante Friend plays with his toys most of which have been donated after his whole family got mercury poisoning. "It's unbelievable.

Mercury warnings posted  -  Mar 3, 2008
Charleston Post Courier,Among other things, the signs include advice to those most at risk of mercury poisoning â€” women who are pregnant, nursing or in childbearing years.

Mercury Warning About Energy Efficient Fluorescent Bulbs  -  Feb 26, 2008
InjuryBoard.com,Two reports conclude that the bulbs contain mercury and pose a risk of mercury poisoning to infants, young children and pregnant women.

Studies Warn Of Mercury Risk In Energy-Saving Bulbs  -  Feb 26, 2008
Boston Channel.com,The Vermont-based Mercury Policy Project study showed the bulbs pose a threat of mercury poisoning if they break, prompting the federal Environmental

Khongor Pollution Levels Acceptable: WHO  -  Mar 12, 2008
UB Post,According to what local residents told media publications, the internal organs of a pig were blue and green colored, which is a sign of mercury poisoning.

Green With Envy: Candidatesâ€™ plans for carbon emissions donâ€™t cut it  -  Feb 28, 2008
The Post Online,There was the Minamata mercury poisoning in Japan during the mid-20th century when, according to The Guardian, the Chisso Corporation was dumping mercury

ConsumerWatch: Is Bay Area Fish Safe?  -  Feb 27, 2008
CBS 5,Dr. Jane Hightower, a renowned expert in mercury poisoning says the federal action level does not take into account mercury can collect in the body,

NRDC: 32 Coal-Fired Power Plants in 13 States Now Up in the Air ...  -  Feb 28, 2008
Earthtimes,There also are data from Europe suggesting that mercury poisoning is associated with increases in deaths from heart disease, which is the top killer in the

Vaccine Induced Autism  -  Mar 6, 2008
WSAV-TV,After that we started treating him for the Mercury Poisoning and he has gotten so much better,â€? says Kim with a smile. Nicole Couturier and her husband are

Meanwhile with McKiever : Before we knew it could be dangerous  -  Feb 24, 2008
Benton County Daily Record,Well, it was before anyone knew about mercury poisoning. At least the news hadn't reached west Texas yet. Nowadays we're warned to be careful about the fish

Kiddie Kollege is reason for new official  -  Mar 3, 2008
Vineland Daily Journal,A handful of children have showed developmental delays that parents believe are consistent with mercury poisoning. The township Police Department previously

Letter: We must adopt mentality of energy sustainability  -  Mar 16, 2008
TCPalm,...them than dealing with consequences of a future energy famine, continual global warming, acid rain, air pollution and mercury poisoning, to name a few.

McCain's War Policy Called 'Surrender' to Bin Laden  -  Feb 26, 2008
CNSNews.com,Read News on the Web (CNSNews.com) - Those energy-efficient compact fluorescent light bulbs pose a small risk of mercury poisoning to infants,

Health shorts for Sunday, March 2  -  Feb 29, 2008
Providence Journal,The findings show â€œno evidence of mercury poisoning in autismâ€? since there was no decline in autism rates even after the elimination of thimerosal,

Reform Jewish Movement Celebrates 35th Anniversary of Earth Day  -  Feb 28, 2008
Religious Action Center (press release),...reduction requirements for power plants while many states now warn about the threat of mercury poisoning from the consumption of locally caught fish.

Portal Review  -  Mar 10, 2008
2404 - PC Gaming (press release)The Aperture Science Lab was originally formed to create shower curtains, but after the founder became unstable from mercury poisoning, he created three new

Had impact on mat from City to world  -  Mar 9, 2008
Toledo Blade,..."TOWARD THE END of last season, I developed mercury poisoning. I've been focused on trying to overcome it. It's very difficult. "It's stored in the brain,

PETER MOORE: TV's ineffable importance  -  Mar 3, 2008
Geelong Advertiser,Apparently, we are all going to die of mercury poisoning if we eat too much fish. Funny, I thought that's why Asians looked so young and all lived to be a

A Darwin award winner?  -  Mar 2, 2008
Winona Daily News,By Robert Hively-Johnson / Winona Apparently, eating tuna (ahi) sushi now results in mercury poisoning. The deadly toxic element accumulates in the

2008 an important year for women  -  Mar 9, 2008
Danbury News Times,She did early research on mercury poisoning in the hatting industry in the city and was instrumental in starting Danbury's Visiting Nurses Association.

Questions And Answers â€“ Wednesday, 12 March 2008  -  Mar 12, 2008
Scoop.co.nz,We know that a failure in another country led to significant mercury poisoning for a significant portion of the population, and that, because of the

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