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FDA Warns Pregnant Women of Dangerous Levels of Mercury In Tuna

Mila Luleva — Fri, 22 Aug 2014 10:45:56 +0000

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released new recommendations on how much and what type of fish should be consumed. The new guidelines have been directed towards pregnant women and children, although it would be wise for everyone to take a look. Apparently canned tuna is a big […]

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How to Measure Mercury Contamination With a Mobile Phone

Mila Luleva — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:22:05 +0000

A team of chemists at University of Burgos in Spain have produced a sheet that acts similarly to litmus paper, but it changes its colour in the presence of water contaminated with mercury. And if being able to see this with a naked eye is not ground-breaking enough for you, when the new membrane is […]

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140 Nations Agree on Reducing Mercury Pollution

Mila Luleva — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 18:32:21 +0000

One hundred and forty nations made a pact to reduce emissions of mercury from mining, utility plants and other industrial processes. New stricter regulations were adopted, together with enforceable limits and proposing alternatives that do not use mercury. Mercury is a harmful and toxic natural element, which is usually found in the environment as a […]

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Mercury Pollution Slows Down Brain Development

Mila Luleva — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:13:10 +0000

The latest issue of the journal Environmental Health published a study on the influence and cost of exposure to mercury pollution. The authors estimated that between 1.5 and 2 million children in the EU alone are born with higher than the safe limit mercury exposure each year. Most of the mercury found in the environment […]

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Airborne Mercury Contaminates Marine Creatures, Study Finds

Leigh Hutchens — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 06:46:17 +0000

Mercury levels in the ocean have been increasing steadily for the past century. The industrial revolution, coal burning, and mining have contributed greatly to rising mercury levels. The article “Sources to Seafood: Mercury Pollution in the Marine Environment” in the Environmental Research journal— a companion report by the Dartmouth-led Coastal and Marine Mercury Ecosystem Research […]

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