Mercury can interfere with the brain and nervous system of humans causing irreversible damage due to the toxin acting as a neuro-toxin on nerve cells. Some health effects include problems with fertility, blood regulation, memory loss, vision loss, heart disease and tremors.
The toxin affects unborn children and infants the most. These children are at great risk of being exposed to harmful levels of mercury that alter how they develop. Some children contain mercury induced defects such as mental retardation, cerebral palsy, deafness and blindness. Recent research shows that mercury collects in the umbilical cord which goes directly into the fetus causing these defects. Also, milk-fed infants are at risk for the toxin due to mercury deposits embedded in the tissues of their mother's mammary glands.
Currently there are health advisories up to help reduce the risk of mercury in humans.
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The toxin affects unborn children and infants the most. These children are at great risk of being exposed to harmful levels of mercury that alter how they develop. Some children contain mercury induced defects such as mental retardation, cerebral palsy, deafness and blindness. Recent research shows that mercury collects in the umbilical cord which goes directly into the fetus causing these defects. Also, milk-fed infants are at risk for the toxin due to mercury deposits embedded in the tissues of their mother's mammary glands.
Currently there are health advisories up to help reduce the risk of mercury in humans.
http://www.usgs.gov/themes/factsheet/146-00/fig4b.gif
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