Why Mercury Tuna Is Still Legal

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Why Mercury Tuna Is Still LegalNEWS: The Bush FDA helped industry suppress the bad news aboutmercury. Still want fish for dinner?By Mencimer, September/October 2008 Issue Mother .http://bit.ly/EMQt7First, Deborah Landvik-Fellner's hair started falling out. Then herspeech began to slur and her memory grew unreliable. Her heart startedfluttering, and her hands shook. One day she walked out of thesupermarket and woke up surrounded by a crowd of people. She'dcollapsed in the parking lot for no apparent reason. Landvik-Fellner,then 45, went to one doctor, then another, and another. None couldfigure out what was wrong. Finally, in 2004, after five years of weirdsymptoms, her husband Mike saw a TV show about a man who was poisoninghis business partner with mercury, a potent toxin that can damage theheart, nervous system, and kidneys. The business partner'ssymptoms—shaky hands, staggering gait—reminded Mike of his wife's. Ona lark, he suggested that she have her blood tested. When the resultscame back, they were both stunned: 48 parts per billion of mercury,nearly 10 times what the Environmental Protection Agency says is safe.Play online games for FREE at Games.com! All of your favorites, no registration required and great graphics – check it out!