TOXIC MERCURY WARNING

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Dr. Mercola comes through for us again with this powerful warning - especially directed to women of child bearing age (which I'm NOT, thank goodness! LOL).

 

Linda

 

Diet, Not Fillings, is Your Major Source of Mercury Risk

 

 

 

One in 12 U.S. women of childbearing age have potentially hazardous levels of mercury in their blood as a result of consuming fish, according to government scientists.

 

The findings support previous recommendations that pregnant women limit their dietary intake of fish, as it is a leading source of mercury in people, and a fetus is highly vulnerable to mercury toxicity.

 

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommends that pregnant women and those who may become pregnant avoid eating shark, swordfish, king mackerel, and tile fish known to contain elevated levels of methylmercury, an organic form of mercury.

 

Mercury exposure can also cause permanent damage to the brain and kidneys.

 

Nearly all fish contain some amount of methylmercury. Mercury accumulates in the system, so larger, longer-lived fish like shark or swordfish contain the highest amounts of mercury and pose the largest threat if eaten regularly.

 

Researchers assessed fish consumption and measured levels of mercury in the blood of 1,709 women between the ages of 16 and 49 years and 705 children between the ages of one and five years.

 

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s recommended reference dose, or level below which exposures are considered harmless, of mercury in the blood is 5.8 micrograms per liter. The average level of mercury in the women's blood was about one microgram per liter, well below the reference dose.

 

However, about eight percent of the women had levels that above the reference dose. Further, women who ate at least three servings of fish during the 30 days prior to the study had mercury levels of close to two micrograms per liter--four times higher than those of women who did not eat fish.

 

Adult women had three times higher blood mercury levels than children, partly because adults tend to eat more fish than children, according to researchers.

 

Researchers noted that fish can be nutritious and that the American Heart Association recommends people eat two servings of fish per week.

 

Fish such as haddock, tilapia, salmon, cod, pollock and sole, as well as most shellfish tend to be relatively low in methylmercury, according to researchers.

 

Journal of the American Medical Association April 2, 2003;289:1667-1674

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I understand that there are natural ways to flush out the mercury. For

example, I've read that cilantro (chinese parsley) will help you get out

excess mercury. (I love the stuff on my Mexican food, in my salsas, etc.)

 

Standard Process, Inc. and some other producers of alternative supplements

also have some products that help with that but I forget which ones. I think

the information is in the archives at

StandardProcess and/or in the archives at

.

 

- Anna

 

 

 

At 09:52 AM 4/9/03 -0400, Linda wrote:

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>Adult women had three times higher blood mercury levels than children,

partly because adults tend to eat more fish than children, according to

researchers.

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>Researchers noted that fish can be nutritious and that the American Heart

Association recommends people eat two servings of fish per week.

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>Fish such as haddock, tilapia, salmon, cod, pollock and sole, as well as

most shellfish tend to be relatively low in methylmercury, according to

researchers.

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>Journal of the American Medical Association April 2, 2003;289:1667-1674

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