Piven Quits Broadway Play Due to High Mercury Count

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NEW YORK, New York -- Piven is ending his run in Broadway's

" Speed-the-Plow, " due to a condition caused by a high mercury count,

according to Variety.

" I talked to on the phone, and he told me that he discovered

that he had a very high level of mercury, " Mamet told the

entertainment trade mag. " So my understanding is that he is leaving

show business to pursue a career as a thermometer. "

" He was a veracious sushi eater, " Colker said of Piven, who was

hospitalized for three days. " He ate sushi twice a day for years "

Colker also noted that Piven was taking Chinese herbs, which may have

contained heavy metals.

Piven's doctor told Access that the actor was " complaining of serve

exhaustion which is very out of character for him. "

He was tested for a variety of possible causes, but all tests came

back negative.

When Piven was tested for heavy metals, " his mercury was six times

higher than the upper limit of what is allowable, " according to Colker.

The " Entourage " star was told to stop eating seafood, including sushi.