06-03-2006, 02:31 PM
This past week I met a young lady who is dealing with heavy metal poisoning. It seems at age 15-16 (she's in her mid 20's now) she worked in a dental office, cleaning equipment where she was directly exposed to the stuff. About a year ago she began to be very sick. She was pregnant and lost the baby in a miscarriage. Numerous doctors could find nothing wrong with her, though her symptoms were very real. Finally she found a doctor who tested her for this and found that her mercury levels were "off the human charts." I won't go into detail in describing her symptoms but they are horrendous! She has been going through treatment for the past six months. The treatments are debilitating. The doctor estimates she has at least six more months to go for the treatment and is slow to offer a prognosis, even with that.
I write this only for your consideration. Many of our public and private waters have warnings about eating fish taken from them due to high levels of mercury. Its easy to just dismiss it as so much over concern from officials who need to justify their positions, but now having seen an actual example, I'll be more careful with what I eat.
This observation is anecdotal only. I have no scientific knowledge of this matter.
zonker
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I write this only for your consideration. Many of our public and private waters have warnings about eating fish taken from them due to high levels of mercury. Its easy to just dismiss it as so much over concern from officials who need to justify their positions, but now having seen an actual example, I'll be more careful with what I eat.
This observation is anecdotal only. I have no scientific knowledge of this matter.
zonker
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