Our Existence is Rather Mercurial

The article below contains information about the hazards of mercury that everyone, especially pregnant women, should be aware of:

Our Preferred Poison
A little mercury is all that humans need to do away with themselves quietly, slowly, and surely
By Karen Wright, Illustration by Don Foley
Discover Magazine - March 2005

I recently read that salmon raised on farms usually have much higher mercury levels since, instead of feeding on krill in the open ocean, they are fed chum made up of in-shore bottom-feeding fish that tend to contain greater amounts of mercury than fish found in the open ocean. If you're interested in keeping up with nutrition and health issues such as these, I strongly recommend subscribing to the Nutrition Action Healthletter, which is published by the Center for Science in the Public Interest. I heard Shaykh Nuh Keller recommend it a couple of years ago (possibly on the 1998 Virginia Suhba CDs), and I must admit that my wife and I have found it very informative.

Eat less salmon and enjoy...