Fish are up to their gills in mercury
Children, pregnant women most at risk of high levels of heavy metal, report says


MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
From Thursday's Globe and Mail
So much mercury has accumulated in fish that there should be a worldwide public warning about eating seafood contaminated by the dangerous heavy metal, says a report summarizing the latest scientific evidence on global mercury pollution.
The report, compiled by many of the leading academic experts on mercury pollution at a conference last year, is being published today in Ambio, the journal of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
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