interesting article

[nissah46]

Robert Kennedy Jr. spoke at a conference in Ontario on mercury discharges in water.  He mentioned high rates of cancer, especially thyroid, could be traced to river pollution.  640,000 children in the U.S. ere exposed to dangerous levels of mercury in the womb.

[Thypatient]

Can you please cite this story?

I like him but he gets criticized for making a lot of anecdotal, troublemaker remarks about various environmental subjects.  So does everyone else but I’m sure because of who he is, things get scrutinized even more.  When he gets snagged with misspeaking it’s jumped on by ‘the other side.’

I live near one of the nasty rivers he talks about and can believe it would contribute to thyroid problems.  Though I’ve never been able to read anything on this.

Thanks.

[Christy1950]

I think Mercury was a main suspicion in thyroid problems on a couple of the major websites including one on dental mercury. Millions of people have mercury fillings and the website was saying how dangerous it was and was linked to thryroid problems.

[nissah46]

I feel strongly that there is an environmental connection.Whether it is in our food or the air we breathe.

[pep88]

I have, in the past, wondered if playing with mercury when I was a child (my mom was a nurse with 5 kids of her own) was the cause of my cancer.  I loved playing with the stuff...  Interesting...