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Diagnosis: Mercury - Money, Politics, and Poison (Hardcover, 2nd Ed.)
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Diagnosis: Mercury - Money, Politics, and Poison (Hardcover, 2nd Ed.)
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One morning in 2000, Dr. Jane Hightower walked into her exam room
to find a patient with disturbing symptoms she couldn't explain.
The woman was nauseated, tired, and had difficulty concentrating,
but a litany of tests revealed no apparent cause. She was not
alone. Dr. Hightower saw numerous patients with similar,
inexplicable ailments, and eventually learned that there were many
more around the nation and the world. They had little in
common--except a healthy appetite for certain fish.
Dr. Hightower's quest for answers led her to mercury, a poison that
has been plaguing victims for centuries and is now showing up in
seafood. But this "explanation" opened a Pandora's Box of thornier
questions. Why did some fish from supermarkets and restaurants
contain such high levels of a powerful poison? Why did the FDA base
its recommendations for "safe" mercury consumption on data supplied
by Saddam Hussein's Ba'athist extremists? And why wasn't the
government warning its citizens?
In "Diagnosis: Mercury," Dr. Hightower retraces her investigation
into the modern prevalence of mercury poisoning, revealing how
political calculations, dubious studies, and industry lobbyists
endanger our health. While mercury is a naturally occurring
element, she learns there's much that is unnatural about this
poison's prevalence in our seafood. Mercury is pumped into the air
by coal-fired power plants and settles in our rivers and oceans,
and has been dumped into our waterways by industry. It accumulates
in the fish we eat, and ultimately in our own bodies. Yet
government agencies and lawmakers have been slow to regulate
pollution or even alert consumers.
Why? The trail of evidence leads to Canada, Japan, Iraq, and
various U.S. institutions, and as Dr. Hightower puts the pieces
together, she discovers questionable connections between ostensibly
objective researchers and industries that fear regulation and bad
press. Her tenacious inquiry sheds light on a system in which, too
often, money trumps good science and responsible government.
Exposing a threat that few recognize but that touches many,
"Diagnosis: Mercury "should be required reading for everyone who
cares about their health.
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