Women warned of mercury’s dangers

PREGNANT women are advised to limit the amount and kind of fish they eat after a survey found that young Irish women have the fifth highest levels of mercury of 13 EU countries tested.

Those living near hospital incinerators, crematoria and coal-fired electricity generation plants and those with mercury dental fillings are also at greater danger of absorbing the metal.

The survey and a comprehensive report, was published by two health groups based in Brussels campaigning for greater awareness of the potential affects on children’s brains of too much mercury. They want a global ban on mercury.