News Headline
Women of childbearing age around world suffering toxic levels of mercury
Source
Guardian (UK)
Publication Date
2017-09-18
Women of childbearing age from around the world have been found to have high levels of mercury, a potent neurotoxin which can seriously harm unborn children.The new study, the largest to date, covered 25 of the countries with the highest risk and found excessive levels of the toxic metal in women from Alaska to Chile and Indonesia to Kenya.