Is the science clear about the risks of mercury exposure?
Browner: The dangers of mercury exposure are well known and documented. Numerous peer reviewed studies have concluded that mercury must be controlled. The National Academy of Sciences – the nation’s premiere science policy body – conducted an 18 month review of mercury science and found that mercury in the environment poses a significant hazard to public health. The Academy found that more than 60,000 newborn children are at risk of neurological development problems due to mercury overexposure in the womb. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that one in twelve women have unacceptably high levels of mercury in their blood. In June of this year the FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives recommended that the World Health Organization lower its level for safety of methyl mercury in seafood by 50 percent. Unfortunately, earlier this year EPA delayed the public release of a report on “America’s Children and the Environment,” in part because it documented the mounting evi
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