date:Dec 05, 2012
nt Programme Fate and Transport Partnership Group, which is evaluating the worldwide data.
The report is the first to track data globally on fish species.
The institutes data show two things: That mercury contamination of seafood is global in scope, and that negative health effects from methylmercury in seafood are occurring at levels below what was considered safe just a few years ago.
The more we look at mercury, the more toxic it is, said Evers. Threats from mercury are greater at lower le