On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 01:32:48 GMT, jim beam wrote:

The fish also concentrated the mercury pollution ,and the japanese
being big fish eaters started dying of what is known as Minimata
disease ,a brain disorder that leads to confusion and in extreme cases
death.

This is probably why the EEC want to erroneously ban mercury,
This one incident 50 yrs ago.

Do you know the origin of the phrase "Mad as a hatter", thats mercury as
well, though at fairly hefty exposure levels again.

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