News tagged with 'Mercury'

Arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury were some of the heavy metals found in the 15 protein supplements tested by Consumer Reports.

A type of therapy called ESDM had the most success in this controlled trial of children with autism, in raising IQ levels and improving behavioral and motor skills.

Facing a lack of forthcoming information about the dangers and concerns of vaccines in general, and the swine flu vaccine specifically, a citizens' group plans a protest at the CDC this week as experts in immunization gather.

Detectable mercury levels are found in nine out of 20 samples of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). A followup study found mercury in one out of three HFCS-containing foods, typically found in barbecue sauce, jam, yogurt, and soda. 

It is a mystery that will take 21 years to solve - how do solents, plastics, chemicals in our environment adversely affect children's health and disease. The NIH and CDC will examine more than 100,000 participants at 105 diverse sites around the country in this ambitious National Children's Health Study. 

Pre-school children in New Jersey probably don't realize they've become a lightning rod for the debate between public health advocates and parents who don't want mandatory flu vaccines imposed on their little ones. 

Actor Jeremy Piven drops out of a Broadway play with symptoms of mercury toxicity. He reportedly ate sushi twice a day for health.  While the NIH is conducting studies to see if chelation will remove heavy metals from an overloaded body, the FDA is considering softening recommendations on fish consumption, something an environmental consumer group is calling the wrong direction.

An intra-agency controversy has the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) challenging the scientific accuracy of a 270-page draft by the FDA that suggest the health benefits of fish consumption outweigh the possibility that dangerous amounts of mercury would be ingested.

The FDA is now saying that the mercury found in dental fillings may pose a risk to children and unborn babies.

Two reports on those compact flourescent energy-saving bulbs warn you must know how to safety clean them up if they break because of the risk of exposure to mercury vapors.

Eating seafood containing high amounts of methyl mercury may cause infertility in men and women, according to a new study conducted by Chinese researchers in Hong Kong. As part of the study, published in next month's issue of the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, researchers at the Chinese University of H

A new study conducted by researchers in Finland indicates that exposure to mercury may increase one's risk of developing heart disease. In the study, presented last week to the American Heart Association's Asia Pacific Scientific Forum, Finnish scientists examined 2,005 men without a history of heart disease for a per

A recent report in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine suggests that doctors exposed to mercury-containing dental fillings may increase their risk of developing kidney and memory problems. Researchers at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary in Scotland examined nearly 200 dentists and discovered they had fou

A California couple filed a lawsuit against the American Dental Association (ADA) last week alleging fillings contributed to their son's development of autism. Kathy Galeano, 37, claims mercury in her nine amalgam dental fillings caused her son, Daniel Galeano, to develop the neurological disorder during her pregnancy

As part of the desperate search to find an explanation as to why fifteen-year-old Charles Bishop flew a stolen single-engine Cessna into a Tampa high rise earlier this month, health officials are now testing the teenager's liver for mercury poisoning. The analysis comes at the request of a mercury exposure expert, pro