Mercury

Food for thought of the day
Save women's reproductive decision making, save the planet.
Poison ice
As the sea ice melts, a toxic stew of mercury and synthetic chemicals is seeping into the Arctic food web, harming the area's people. We may be next.
The fish-eating conundrum
Think you've got the guidelines straight for pregnant women's fish consumption? Think again.
Mothers should feast on fish?
A report says pregnant women can raise their child's IQ by eating fish.
Tuna meltdown
Consumer Reports is telling pregnant women to cut tuna from their diets. So why is the U.S. government casting tuna to poor mothers for free?
Hot tuna
The government says it's OK for pregnant women to consume some canned tuna. Consumer Reports disagrees.
Bush's toxic EPA
Mercury pollution puts more than 600,000 American newborns at risk per year for permanent brain damage. Why is the administration siding with polluters?
How I lost my toxic glow
My mercury contamination level is down to a more healthful level. But I had to give up eating fish to get it there.
Mercury rising
Millions of fetuses whose mothers eat fish are being exposed to brain-damaging mercury. But critics charge the Bush administration's regulations are like bailing the ocean with a thimble.
Heavy-metal madness
A report by two congressmen downplays the connection between toxic mercury emissions and human health.
I am what I ate
I'm a toxic waste dump, loaded with mercury -- and I don't even eat very much fish.
Mercury uprising
Bush's mercury proposal is drawing heat from both sides of the congressional aisle.
I'd like a tuna on white -- hold the mercury!
The big issue in November may be the presence of mercury in your tuna sandwich.
The cowboy judge
Environmentalists hope Senate Democrats will block Bush's new ranch-friendly judicial nominee, but a filibuster might suit the Bush administration just fine.
Cheney's energy crisis
The Supreme Court may give the veep an out from his Energy Task Force mess.
Splitting airs
Bush's latest clean-air proposals are better than nothing, but not by much.
Dot-com party madness
Forget about return on investment. Bay Area tech companies spend $1 million a month on food, drink and music in exchange for "buzz."
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