What health hazards are caused by mercury?
Mercury affects fetal development, preventing the brain and nervous system from forming normally. Affected children show lowered intelligence, impaired hearing, poor coordination, and delayed verbal skills. Mercury affects adult brain, spinal cord, kidneys and liver. Wildlife such as eagles, ospreys, loons, turtles, mink, and otters with mercury in their diet can experience early death, weight loss and reproductive problems.
