Hannam Village residents blast command over mercury-tainted water
Stars and Stripes - Washington,DC,USA
HANNAM VILLAGE, South Korea — Tempers flared as about 100 Hannam Village housing residents unloaded frustrations with mercury-tainted drinking water during ...
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mercury light or silver?
Quay County Sun - Tumcumcari,NM,USA
And mercury vapor is poisonous. Take the case of Brandy Bridges, who has become famous on the Web because of a story that was published in a Maine newspaper ...
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Hannam Village alarmed by water mercury warning
Stars and Stripes - Washington,DC,USA
The US Environmental Protection Agency warns that mercury exposure can cause kidney disease and states that the maximum tolerated mercury level in water is ...
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China Blamed for Half of Korea's Mercury Pollution
Chosun Ilbo - Seoul,South Korea
At the time, the concentration of mercury (Hg), the pollutant blamed for Minamata disease in Japan, was over 10 times higher than normal, ...
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Biologists probe mercury hot spots in Merrimack
Mineral Wells Index - Mineral Wells,TX,USA
Scientists recently identified a hot spot of mercury pollution in the Merrimack River watershed between southern New Hampshire and Haverhill, but there are ...
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Investigators check extent of mercury exposure
Yakima Herald-Republic - Yakima,WA,USA
Federal officials have expanded their search for the source of a Yakima mercury contamination incident, this time including the property next door to the ...
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Autistic Children Clinically Proven Mercury Poisoned
Medical News Today (press release) - UK
(2006) and by Geier and Geier (2006) leave little doubt that many autistic children are indeed mercury poisoned. These studies utilized urinary porphyrin ...
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Study to assess effect of mercury on public health
Kolkata Newsline - New Delhi,India
Along with the World Health Organisation, it has taken an initiative to conduct a study to assess the effect of mercury on public health. ...
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Mercury results from February clippings in Portsmouth are in
Virginian Pilot - Norfolk,VA,USA
PORTSMOUTH - Last month, 37 people, mostly women, showed up at a Cradock beauty salon to have clippings of their hair taken and sent away for mercury ...
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EPA Issues Clean Water Mercury Listing Guidance
Water Online (press release) - Horsham,PA,USA
Washington, DC ? The US Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, is providing information on a voluntary approach for listing waters impaired by mercury from ...
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Ahwazi: Mercury Pollution Scare
UNPO - The Hague,Netherlands
Research by Dr Abbas Ismail Sari and Dr Bahram Kiaee found that a large area of Khuzestan ( Ahwaz ) is seriously affected by pollution from mercury and ...
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Mothers Facing Pollution Risks Find Allies in the Religous Right
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
Mercury emissions from power plants contaminate coastlines, rivers, and lakes, and "bioaccumulate" in fish. Nearly all fish contain traces of mercury, ...
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S. Korean children have higher toxic metal levels in blood and urine
Yonhap News - Seoul,South Korea
25 (Yonhap) -- Elementary school students in South Korea have much higher levels of mercury in their blood and urine than those in other countries, ...
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State Mercury Study Gets Needed Money
RedNova Tue, 20 Feb 2007 4:12 PM PST
By Scott Harper, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va. Feb. 20--Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said Monday that he will finance a major study of mercury and its toxic effects on Virginia's environment and public health.
Five contaminated with mercury at Wright-Pat
Dayton Daily News (subscription) - Dayton,OH,USA
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE — Five people at the base were contaminated with mercury Friday afternoon after a contractor employee cleaning out a storage ...
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Testing strives to gauge mercury levels
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
... Francis University in Loretto, Cambria County, are trying to determine if anglers eating locally caught fish have increased levels of mercury in their bodies. ...
Deaf residents suing Dakota County over mercury contamination warning
KARE - Minneapolis,MN,USA
"We do feel the county responded effectively and appropriately to serve people who had been place in a very dangerous situation in their exposure to mercury ...
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A SCHIZOPHRENIC man who poisoned his paternal grandmother with ...
TODAYonline - Singapore
Early last year, the 27-year-old unemployed man bought a mercury thermometer and a bottle of mercury, and injected the chemical into Madam Wang Siok Tiang ...
Mercury in hospitals may be poisoning medicos and patients: Report
OneWorld.net - London,England,UK
Dangerous levels of mercury have been found in the indoor air of two Delhi hospitals, indicating a persistent toxic exposure to the healthcare staff and ...
Mercury rising in hospitals
Times of India - New Delhi,India
NEW DELHI: A study conducted in two 500-bed hospitals, which have a mercury management policy in place and use digital thermometers instead of the mercury ...
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Latest research on life in the Arctic
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
... Mercury concentrations are rising in the Western Arctic among key animal species like the beluga. Warming in the Mackenzie Basin ...
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New Study: One in Three Illinois Legislators Test With Unsafe Levels of Mercury
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance Fri, 08 Dec 2006 10:14 AM PST
One in three of the members of the Illinois General Assembly who participated in a blind test for exposure to mercury exceeded the safe level for women between the ages of 16 to 49 and for children under age 16, according to a new report released today by the coalition Mercury Free Illinois.
"Stay healthy, Stop mercury" Campaign Launched
European Public Health Alliance - Brussels,Belgium
Health Care Without Harm and the Health and Environment Alliance have launched a European anti-mercury campaign with a series of fact sheets for citizens and ...
Mercury Advisory Issued To Department of Agriculture
WSBtv.com - Atlanta,GA,USA
ATLANTA -- An advisory has been issued saying that people may have unknowingly come into contact with mercury at the Department of Agriculture. ...
MERCURY SYSTEMIC HUMAN POISON
Free Market News Network - Pompano Beach,FL,USA
To The Mercury-Poisoned, Their Parents and Guardians, and The Media: I am weary of those apologists for Thimerosal in medicine who, faced with the realities ...
Toxic Herb Medicine Alerts Consumers
Korea Times - South Korea
... Grand National Party who belongs to the National Assembly’s Health and Welfare Committee, said large amounts of heavy metals including mercury as well as ...
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Gulf anglers can send their hair to Harvard
Times Picayune - New Orleans,LA,USA
... is conducting research to determine, in part, if the hypoxic zone -- dead zone -- off the Louisiana coast is a contributing factor in mercury contamination in ...
Hearing set on mercury problem
Cherry Hill Courier Post - Cherry Hill,NJ,USA
A legislative panel will hold a special public hearing this week regarding elevated mercury levels found in children who attended a Franklin day-care center. ...
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Ped Med: Seeking allies in autism fight
United Press International - USA
... Weldon, R-Fla., a medical doctor and persistent critic of the use of thimerosal in vaccines, has sponsored legislation to ban the mercury-based preservative ...
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Worker charged with trying to poison his boss
Miami Herald - FL,USA
A University of Miami employee exacted revenge on his boss by secretly exposing him to liquid mercury fumes, turning the man's skin red and causing a ...
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Use of toxic mercury poses health risks
Dominican Today - Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic
New York.– Mercury can interfere with fetal brain development. At high enough levels ... and adults. Mercury is everywhere. Part of ...
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Mercury contamination prevalent in RP?
Manila Bulletin Tue, 15 Aug 2006 11:59 PM PDT
Unknown to many, mercury contamination is prevalent in the Philippines although not a single government agency could positively confirm or deny or even attest to its widespread existence.
Marin County officials ordered to lower reservoir mercury levels
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
NOVATO, Calif. - The Marin Municipal Water District must find ways to lower mercury levels in the Soulajule Reservoir after high concentrations of the toxin ...
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Methylmercury explodes after acid rains
Sulfate Addition Increases Methylmercury Production in an Experimental
Wetland
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Ottawa worries about mercury pollution in Quebec
CBC Montreal - Montreal,Quebec,Canada
Two federal departments claim Hydro-Québec has not taken the necessary steps to lessen the impact of mercury from the Rupert Diversion on the Cree population ...
TEXAS STUDY RELATES MERCURY TO AUTISM
Free Market News Network - Pompano Beach,FL,USA
The association between environmentally released mercury, special education and autism rates in Texas was investigated using data from the Texas Education ...
Group lauds Christ's efforts to cut mercury
BizJournals Sun, 16 Apr 2006 10:07 PM PDT
Christ Hospital will receive an award for reducing the amount of mercury in its facilities. The Hospitals for a Healthy Environment (H2E) will honor the the hospital with the "Making Medicine Mercury Free" award on April 18 at the CleanMed Conference in Seattle.
Derry hospital gets rid of mercury
The Union Leader - Manchester,NH,USA
The hospital received the "Making Medicine Mercury Free Award" from the Hospitals for a Healthy Environment, a partnership of the US Environmental Protection ...
Sorsogon mayor launches 'Back to Beaches' campaign
INQ7.net - Philippines
... Sally Lee has launched a "Balik Kumpiansa Campaign" (Restore Confidence) after resort owners decried how the report on the alleged mercury contamination by ...
Mercury exposure protection needed
Bangor Daily News - Bangor,ME,USA
This bill was written primarily to remove Thimerosal, the mercury-containing preservative, from vaccines given to pregnant women and children under age 8. Also ...
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Toxic shock: Mercury, arsenic, cyanide underground
Town Online Wed, 12 Apr 2006 11:56 PM PDT
Land up for sale in Brookline Village is contaminated with mercury, arsenic and cyanide, officials revealed this week.
Student detects mercury
Augusta Chronicle (subscription) - Augusta,GA,USA
"The idea was to see how much mercury was in sediment in the Savannah River," the 16-year-old John S. Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School junior said. ...
Sanction Left Me in Total Distress ; MERCURY MEDIC
Black Enterprise - New York,NY,USA
By DR JAMES BRISCOE is at Woodbourne Priory Hospital. Q MY son was recently 'sectioned' into hospital under the Mental Health Act. ...
Miles to go before he quits
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
Jim Faulkner lost what he calls his "trademark" smile when his health deteriorated nearly two years ago from what he believes was mercury poisoning. ...
Hilary Hauserman: Mercury jeopardizes health of our families
The Idaho Statesman Thu, 23 Mar 2006 1:25 AM PST
Idaho is at a critical stage in its development. Its population continues to grow and because of this it grows in political clout. It is the responsibility of the people of Idaho to protect its citizens from preventable disease and health threats.
Human health and mercury
Royal Gazette - Bermuda
As much as half of Bermuda babies may be carrying dangerous levels of mercury in their systems, said a visiting health expert last week, who warned expectant ...
YOUR LIFE: Does This Disease Run in Families? ; MERCURY MEDIC
International News Service - Sydney,Australia
By DR JAMES BRISCOE. Q MY grandmother was recently diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Is this condition hereditary? Is there anything ...
The Age of Autism: Mercury Creeps Back In
RedNova Sat, 18 Mar 2006 0:04 AM PST
By DAN OLMSTED New calculations suggest children today can be exposed to more than half the mercury that was in vaccines in the 1990s, even though manufacturers began phasing it out in 1999.
Scientists surprised to find no mercury damage in teens
The Columbus Dispatch Tue, 21 Feb 2006 4:51 AM PST
The women ate fish during pregnancy — lots of it. Their children are now teenagers and show no signs that their high levels of mercury exposure while in the womb led to any problems with intellectual development. |
