http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/mercury/ en-us Wed, 9 Dec 2009 03:57:32 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403452/posts If you swallow the scary stories anti-food activists are constantly pushing to the media, you might be worrying about trace amounts of mercury in the fish you eat. But new research shows that levels of mercury in fish might be irrelevant after all. Since 2006 when we published “The Flip Side of Mercury,” we've been saying that selenium levels in seafood might actually be canceling out the negative effects of mercury, in an all-natural conspiracy to make fish the “brain food” your mom always said it was. (Selenium is a key antioxidant that helps guard against heart disease and boosts... Consumer Freedom.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403452/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 03:57:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372639/posts Many parents worry about a possible link between autism and mercury exposure. But most research dismisses those fears as groundless, and a new study says autistic children actually have lower blood levels of mercury than children who are developing normally. Mercury levels were closely related to fish intake, the study found, and children with autism and related disorders tend to be picky eaters who avoid fish. After researchers adjusted for the lower fish consumption of autistic children, they found no differences between their mercury levels and those in other children. Irva Hertz-Picciotto, a professor of public health sciences at the... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372639/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:17:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2365413/posts SNIPPET: "After the 4 July DDoS attacks, wrongly attributed to North Korea, it’s wise to treat reports of DPRK security hacks with some caution. Nevertheless, The Korea Times reports the following: Classified Info on Dangerous Chemicals Hacked Hackers stole classified information on dangerous chemicals in their raid on the South Korean army computer network in what was believed to be an attack by North Korea, Yonhap News Agency reported Saturday, quoting government officials." SNIPPET: "The Sydney Morning Herald adds more information: A North Korea cyber warfare unit hacked into a South Korean military command earlier this year and stole some... UBIWAR.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2365413/posts#comment Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:41:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365783/posts Just a week after it emerged that the German armed forces was getting a different kind of A/H1N1 vaccine to the general population, Der Spiegel magazine reports that the government will also get special treatment. The general population will be offered the GlaxoSmithKline vaccine, called Pandemrix, which contains a new booster element, or adjuvant, as well as a preservative containing mercury. Controversy has grown around the rapid licensing of the GSK vaccine – and a similar one being made by Novartis. Critics said not enough testing had been conducted before European licensing authorities rushed an approval. Chancellor Angela Merkel, her... The Local (Germany's News in English) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365783/posts#comment Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:04:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2352687/posts NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft is receding from Mercury after a Sept 29th flyby that put smiles on the faces of mission scientists. MESSENGER is beaming back images of thousands of square miles of previously unseen terrain, including this cheerful crater: The arc-shaped depression in the crater's floor is a "pit crater." A few of these have been seen on Mercury, and they are probably volcanic in nature. Pit craters may have formed when subsurface magma drained away and left a roof area unsupported, leading to collapse and the formation of the pit. In this example, the southern area of the pit... Spaceweather.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2352687/posts#comment Thu, 1 Oct 2009 18:32:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2336833/posts Energy Savings: Europe's ban on the incandescent light bulb began phasing in this month, and the U.S. will soon follow. Is Thomas Edison to blame for global warming? And why are we exporting green jobs?When the warm-mongers assemble in Copenhagen this December to hammer out a successor to the failed Kyoto Protocol, no doubt their work to save the earth from the carbon dioxide that gives it life will take place under the eerie light thrown off by compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) mandated by the European Union to fight climate change. The bulbs are more expensive, costing up to... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2336833/posts#comment Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:57:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2325829/posts A NASA spacecraft is again testing a creationist theory about the magnetic fields of planets. On 14 January 2008, the Messenger spacecraft, made by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory for NASA, flew by Mercury, the innermost planet of the solar system, in the first of several close encounters before it finally settles into a steady orbit around Mercury in 2011.[1] As it passed, its ‘magnetometer’ made quick measurements of Mercury’s magnetic field and transmitted them successfully back to Earth. Probably it will take the Messenger team several months to process the magnetic data accurately. I’m looking forward to... CMI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2325829/posts#comment Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:11:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2329257/posts There is no such thing as ‘a right to a job’—there is only the right of free trade, that is: a man’s right to take a job if another man chooses to hire him.” —Ayn Rand, “Man’s Rights,” 1963— If you want to understand the most common reason for unemployment in America—the real unemployment rate of which is now well into the double digits—you need only look as far as Washington, D.C., home of the federal government, for the answer: bureaucratic intervention in the economy in the form of minimum wage laws, “public works” projects, “stimulus” programs and the regulation... The Bulletin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2329257/posts#comment Tue, 1 Sep 2009 11:21:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2329202/posts "General Motors has quit working with a partnership that collects toxic parts from scrapped cars, jeopardising an effort to prevent mercury pollution just as hundreds of thousands of clunkers are headed to recyclers. Participants in the environmental programme told The Associated Press the timing of GM's departure could hurt their work. The government's "cash-for-clunkers" programme will lead to trade-in and recycling of an estimated 750 000 vehicles, some of which contain mercury switches. GM says it's a new company, formed with substantial government aid in the wake of bankruptcy protection, and is not a member of the partnership because it... Fin24.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2329202/posts#comment Tue, 1 Sep 2009 05:37:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2323577/posts The question is being asked at dinner tables and water coolers throughout Wisconsin: Why would those union workers at Mercury Marine's Fond du Lac plant vote against the company's last contract proposal? Why, indeed. At first glance, the consensus rejection by members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) Local 1947 on Sunday makes no sense. The company had flat-out threatened to leave Wisconsin for Stillwater, Okla., unless the Fond du Lac workers bent over and took substantial cuts in pay and benefits. So, why would the Fondy workers cut their own throats? Isn't a job with... BizTimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2323577/posts#comment Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:31:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2312956/posts WASHINGTON (AP) - General Motors has quit working with a partnership that collects toxic parts from scrapped automobiles, jeopardizing an effort to prevent mercury pollution just as hundreds of thousands of clunkers are headed to recyclers. Participants in the environmental program told The Associated Press the timing of GM's departure could hurt their work. The government's "cash-for-clunkers" program will lead to trade-in and recycling of an estimated 750,000 vehicles, some of which contain mercury switches. breitbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2312956/posts#comment Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:59:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2269014/posts A collision of Earth with Mercury, Mars or Venus possible in distant future. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31208155/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2269014/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:47:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2262479/posts ? self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2262479/posts#comment Mon, 1 Jun 2009 22:52:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2247769/posts WHEN British consumers are compelled to buy energy-efficient lightbulbs from 2012, they will save up to 5m tons of carbon dioxide a year from being pumped into the atmosphere. In China, however, a heavy environmental price is being paid for the production of “green” lightbulbs in cost-cutting factories. Large numbers of Chinese workers have been poisoned by mercury, which forms part of the compact fluorescent lightbulbs. A surge in foreign demand, set off by a European Union directive making these bulbs compulsory within three years, has also led to the reopening of mercury mines that have ruined the environment. Doctors,... http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6211261.ece http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2247769/posts#comment Sat, 9 May 2009 23:30:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2231142/posts Science Museum to feature Astronaut Scott Carpenter. Bucks County Intelligenser http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2231142/posts#comment Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:16:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222735/posts The days when the dietary supplements industry is allowed to regulate itself may be numbered following release of a federal report addressing growing concerns about dietary supplement industry. The report, issued this month by the Government Accountability Office, calls on the Food and Drug Administration to expand adverse event reporting and increase its efforts to educate the public about the safety, efficacy, and labeling of these products. The GAO investigation into supplement safety was made at the request of Congress. According to the 77-page report, the FDA should be tracking all levels of adverse events related to the use of... Family Practice News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222735/posts#comment Sun, 5 Apr 2009 14:26:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2200350/posts High fructose corn syrup is not as sweet as it may seem, as recent research and new publications have reported this past week. Products containing the sweetener, which I have encouraged consumers to avoid in prior articles, were recently tested for mercury contamination. Yes, that's right — mercury. Apparently, the high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is made by a process through which contamination with mercury can occur. The caustic soda that removes the corn starch from the kernel has been done for decades by mercury-grade caustic soda. Unfortunately, the mercury can end up in the HFCS. While most processing plants... Statesville R&L http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2200350/posts#comment Fri, 6 Mar 2009 03:09:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2186935/posts NAIROBI, Kenya – The new U.S. government abruptly reversed years of Bush administration policy Monday by calling for a legally binding international treaty to reduce mercury pollution, which a senior American diplomat called the most important chemical problem in the world today. Some 6,000 tons of mercury enter the environment each year, about a third generated by power stations and coal fires. Much settles into the oceans where it enters the food chain and is concentrated in predatory fish like tuna. Children and fetuses are particularly vulnerable to poisoning by the toxic metal, which can cause birth defects, brain damage... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2186935/posts#comment Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:30:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2173454/posts Almost half of tested samples of commercial high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) contained mercury, which was also found in nearly a third of 55 popular brand-name food and beverage products where HFCS is the first- or second-highest labeled ingredient, according to two new U.S. studies. HFCS has replaced sugar as the sweetener in many beverages and foods such as breads, cereals, breakfast bars, lunch meats, yogurts, soups and condiments. On average, Americans consume about 12 teaspoons per day of HFCS, but teens and other high consumers can take in 80 percent more HFCS than average. "Mercury is toxic in all its... HealthDay News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2173454/posts#comment Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:01:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2159596/posts Throughout war, disaster and recession, it has kept Britain illuminated for more than 120 years. But the traditional incandescent lightbulb is finally being switched off for the last time. Retailers have stopped replenishing stocks of conventional 100watt bulbs and will have run out within weeks. The voluntary withdrawal – part of a Government campaign to force people into buying low-energy fluorescent bulbs – follows the scrapping of the 150w bulb last year. The move has angered medical charities who say the low-energy alternatives can trigger a host of ailments, including migraines, epilepsy and skin rashes. The lightbulb revolution was first... Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2159596/posts#comment Tue, 6 Jan 2009 15:39:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2157015/posts My House/Sky and Telesope http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2157015/posts#comment Thu, 1 Jan 2009 01:03:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2149176/posts NCPA: Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs Not Worth Cost and Trouble Report Says Government Should Not Force CFLs on Consumers DALLAS (Dec. 10, 2008) - Although touted by many as the smart energy choice, compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs are not suitable for many common uses and should not be required by the government, according to a new report by the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA). The Environmental Protection Agency states that CFLs will reduce energy use and will last longer than standard bulbs. However, NCPA Senior Fellow and report co-author Sterling Burnett argues: "For many uses, compact fluorescent bulbs... RightSideNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2149176/posts#comment Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:06:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2143472/posts The biggest moon in the solar system is Ganymede, the third large moon out from Jupiter. Larger than Mercury, Ganymede has a heterogeneous surface of dark and light areas (picture), grooved terrain, abrupt changes of landforms, and bright splashes where impacts have scarred its icy surface (gallery). What goes on inside, though, is more surprising: it has an intrinsic magnetic field. Researchers could only make it last for the assumed age of the solar system by appealing to “special conditions” that are not necessarily compatible with theories of its formation... CEH http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2143472/posts#comment Fri, 5 Dec 2008 16:38:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094130/posts WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. mercury exports to developing countries will be banned under a measure expected to be signed by President George Bush, backers say. Under the measure, which was passed by the U.S. Congress with bipartisan support, exports from the United States' mercury stockpile would be banned starting in 2013 and users will be required to store the toxic heavy metal permanently rather than shipping unused mercury overseas, The Chicago Tribune reported Tuesday. The bill's chief was sponsor Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, who introduced the bill after the Tribune published a series... UPI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094130/posts#comment Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:17:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2068483/posts periodictable.com | Popular Science http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2068483/posts#comment Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:54:33 GMT