A heavy metal that targets the brain, immune system, liver, and pituitary gland, mercury in women has jumped significantly in the past 10 years—from 2 percent to 30 percent among women 19 to 49 years old. "My findings also suggest a rise in risks for diseases associated with mercury over time," reports Dan R. Laks, M.S., a neuroscientist at UCLA.
This research comes close on the heels of a U.S. Geological Survey report showing that 25 percent of fish in U.S. rivers and streams had unsafe levels… Continue reading Categories
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August 26th, 2009
A big jump in women's toxic load.
A heavy metal that targets the brain, immune system, liver, and pituitary gland, mercury in women has jumped significantly in the past 10 years—from 2 percent to 30 percent among women 19 to 49 years old. "My findings also suggest a rise in risks for diseases associated with mercury over time," reports Dan R. Laks, M.S., a neuroscientist at UCLA.
This research comes close on the heels of a U.S. Geological Survey report showing that 25 percent of fish in U.S. rivers and streams had unsafe levels… Continue reading
A heavy metal that targets the brain, immune system, liver, and pituitary gland, mercury in women has jumped significantly in the past 10 years—from 2 percent to 30 percent among women 19 to 49 years old. "My findings also suggest a rise in risks for diseases associated with mercury over time," reports Dan R. Laks, M.S., a neuroscientist at UCLA.
This research comes close on the heels of a U.S. Geological Survey report showing that 25 percent of fish in U.S. rivers and streams had unsafe levels… Continue reading What Are We Feeding Our Kids?
February 9th, 2009What are we feeding our kids? It was bad enough to know that many popular children's foods are loaded with high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), now we find out that the HFCS is contaminated with the toxic metal mercury. Two studies were in the news recently. The first described in the January 2009 issue of Environmental Health found mercury in nearly 50% of samples of HFCS that was tested. A second study found mercury in almost one-third of food and beverage products tested. This study by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) investigated 55 of the most popular
Visionary, health guru, diet/detox expert, author, spokesperson, role model, and natural foods icon, Ann Louise Gittleman has always been a trendsetter. 
