Monday, November 29, 1999

Whale eaters have more mercury

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Shingu, May 11 -- Residents of a whaling town in Japan have been found to have concentrations of methylmercury in their hair four times or more than the average of 14 other regions in the country where cetaceans are rarely consumed, the town office based on a survey said.The finding was based on a survey last summer using hair samples from 1,017 residents of Taiji, which were tested for methylmercury concentration. No health effects from the high concentrations were detected.

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