It was used as a preservative and sprayed on the grain.
On Oct 10, 2:16 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Excellent post, Mercury. Thank you very much. > > I have a difficult question, Mercury. How can Mercury pass to grain? > Do plants "eat" poisoning metals too as they eat minerals? > > It must be very difficult to know that, it must be a hard research > work for scientists. I understand if it is not now yet. > > Peace and best wishes. > > Xi > > On Oct 10, 8:02 pm, "Mercury.Sailor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > AN FRANCISCO (CBS 5) -- > > New research on mercury levels in fish show that current federal > > limits may be too high for consumers' safety - and that the limits > > were set based on decades-old data. > > > ConsumerWatch tested sushi and supermarket fish and found several > > samples of high-end fish like tuna, salmon, swordfish contained above > > average levels of mercury and in some cases more than 1 part per > > million. That is the legal level set by the FDA. But Bay Area > > physician Dr. Jane Hightower says it's not set high enough. > > > "It's not protective, especially for people who enjoy to eat fish more > > than twice a week," said Hightower, a general practioner who's seen a > > number of mercury poisoning cases at San Francisco's California > > Pacific Medical Center. > > > Hightower makes the case for reducing the current limit in a new book > > titled Diagnosis: Mercury. > > > The FDA level of 1 part per million is twice the level allowed in > > Japan, Europe, and Canada, so Dr. Hightower did some digging to find > > out where that number came from. Her search led her to Iraq and a mass > > mercury poisoning. In the early 1970s 10,000 citizens died and > > 100,000 were brain damaged after eating tainted grain. Saddam > > Hussein's regime kept the incident quiet and there was speculation he > > ordered the poisoning. > > > But afterwards, US government researchers collected data from the > > victims to determine how much mercury is safe in our food. Dr. > > Hightower interviewed the Iraqi scientist who gave US researchers the > > data. > > > "The man who gave them all the data was also the man in charge of the > > poisoning. I asked him if he would use the data coming out of Iraq in > > the scientific reports...if he would use that data to tell his > > daughter how much mercury was safe to consume during her pregnancy and > > he immediately said, 'No way,'" she recalled. > > >http://cbs5.com/consumer/fda.mercury.fish.2.836990.html > > > I respect Dr Hightower very much. But I don't buy that Saddam ordered > > the poisoning. The contaminated grain came from Mexico.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World-thread" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
