Question 1

i had 2.5 oz of cooked ahi tuna. i later read ahi tuna is on the "avoid list" due to its higher mercury level. is my baby ok? can i fix it?

Accepted Answer

Stop worrying: There is no actual evidence that any baby has ever been harmed by mercury in fish apart from two tragic pollution disasters. These recommendations are subscientific and are best guesses to allay public fears. In two overseas studies, kids eating fish like this actually did better than others. Comply from now on and keep being a good mother.

Question 2

does mercury have any positive effects on health?

Accepted Answer

No: It is famously toxic in big doses and "safe doses" and recommendations about eating fish are set to err on the assumption that it's more dangerous than we can show. It is not a micronutrient though other metals are.

Question 3

what effects does mercury have on our bodies if consumed? i am doing a project for chemistry and it is about the danger of mercury.

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I've : I've attached 2 websites with reliable information on mercury poisoning below that should answer your questions and then some.  Good luck!

Question 4

what are the effects of playing with liquid mercury as a child many years ago, on my adult life now?

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Negligable: Mercury exists is several states. Elemental ( as is the liquid), mercury salts (in pesticides, intiseptics, medicinals) and organic forms (in soil water & a contaminant of fish). The elemental form you played with is very poorly absorbed by the body and is excreted in the urine. Half the amount absorbed is gone in 60 days.By now, any you absorbed thru play is gone. Ingested organic  mercury is difft.

Question 5

why is mercury in fish on the rise?

Accepted Answer

Likely pollutants.: Because of the chemical wastes dumped into rivers and lakes, etc. For many decades, there is more mercury in fish.  Also, there are many more fishing vessels catching more fish in the world, so there is more exposure to mercury.  Still anotyer reason is due to fish at the top of the food chain eating others and concentrating mercury in them.

Question 6

mercury in fish, what are the effects on your body?

Accepted Answer

Neurological.: Minamata disease is the name for the effects of mercury poisoning on the body which are chiefly neurological.   These include ataxia, numbness in hands and feet, muscle weakness, narrowing of the field of vision and hearing and speech damage. In extreme cases, insanity, paralysis, coma, and death occur within weeks of the onset of symptoms. Fetuses in the womb can also be affected.

Question 7

how to detoxify mercury in our body?

Accepted Answer

Why: do you think you have mercury in your body? Do you work with mercury or mercurial chemicals?
If not, you can relax. If you still want to be sure, a simple blood test will set your mind at ease.

Question 8

can there be high levels of mercury in tuna?

Accepted Answer

Yes: High levels of mercury as well as other toxins can be present in tuna and other fish species.  We have to depend upon the government inspections to insure that our seafood we purchase and eat is contaminant free, or certainly at an acceptable level per established standards.

Question 9

how would you know if you had mercury poisening or anything?

Accepted Answer

A Blood Test: will tell you if you have been poisoned by Mercury or other heavy metals.

Question 10

what seafoods contain mercury?

Accepted Answer

All to some extent: Swordfish, tuna fish and other big game fish usually contain the most but due to the mercury we humans have dumped into be oceans (oxymetazoline) almost all seafood has some mercury.

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