Mercury (Hg) exposure
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Hg toxicity can cause brain damage, depression fatigue, hearing loss, hyperactivity, insomnia, memory loss, mood swings, nervousness, numbness and tingling in arms and legs, schizophrenia, thyroid dysfunction, timidity, tremors, vision loss, weakness, paresthesia, limb pain, visual and audio disturbances. Motor disturbances results in changes in gait, weakness, falling, slurred speech, and tremors. Copper toxicity and zinc deficiency are often associated with mercury toxicity.
Children can be born with mercury toxicity that is passed through the placenta from their mothers. Mercury can also be passed to children in breast milk.
Both blood and hair have been used to detect mercury poisoning. Hair levels are about 300 times higher than blood levels.
Sources of Hg toxicity come from dental amalgam (silver fillings), tuna and sword fish, contaminated drinking water, vaccines (thimerosal), seeds and vegetables treated with mercurial fungicides, medications (diuretics, Mercurochrome, Merthiolate, Preparation H, contact lens solution), occupational exposure (felt, algicides, floor waxes, adhesives, fabric softeners, paper manufacture, production of chlorine. Exposure to Hg also comes from polluted seafood, contaminated water, coal burning power plants, amalgam dental fillings, or other forms of contact.
For Part 4, see the next (September 2019) issue of Masters of Health Magazine to learn about the effects of other POLLUTANTS, STRESS and the value of NUTRITION as they relate to DEPRESSION, DIET, & BEHAVIOR.
© 2019 Lady Carla Davis - www.NourishingBasics.com
Hg toxicity can cause
brain damage
depression fatigue insomnia
memory loss
mood swings nervousness
schizophrenia...