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Mercury Levels in Humans and Fish Regularly Exceed Health Advisory Levels
2013-01-10 14:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: A new scientific report finds that humans and marine ecosystems around the world are contaminated with mercury and that mercury levels in humans and fish regularly exceed health advisory guidelines. The report, a collaboration between International POPs Elimination Network (IPEN) and Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI), highlights the urgent need for an overall reduction in mercury emissions when government delegates convene next week in Geneva in their final negotiating session to establish an...
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UN finds rising mercury emissions, need for treaty
2013-01-10 12:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Mercury pollution in the top layer of the world's oceans has doubled in the past century, part of a man-made problem that will require international cooperation to fix, the U.N.'s environment agency said Thursday. The report by the U.N. Environment Program showed for the first time that hundreds of tons of mercury have leaked from the soil into rivers and lakes around the world. As a result of rising emissions, communities in developing countries face increasing health and environmental risks...
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Triclosan Safety, Mercury in Skin Care Topical at FDA Site
2013-01-02 04:22:00| Happi Breaking News
FDA releases most popular consumer updates of 2012.
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