More on the environmental impact of mercury in our water. This episode from KPIX on December 4, 2008 introduces a method of testing safe mercury levels used for Bay Area sushi, and discusses FDA safety standards for fish compared with other countries.
An environmental project on toxic methyl-mercury ingestion released in February 2010 quantified the actual cost of toxic mercury emissions. Issued jointly by Norwegian and Swedish research institutes, the report estimates that if current trends continue, human and wildlife exposure will increase by 25%. The Scandinavian study estimates that damages to society worldwide, due [...]
‘Going Green’ is about a paradigm shift involving habitual behaviors and small, day to day choices. As Mother Theresa said, “One cannot do great things. One can only do small things with great love”. Every item that we choose to dispose of or conserve has a cumulative, global impact on our environmental health that becomes [...]
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