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Mercury Pollutes Nation's Rivers, Lakes

  • August 25, 2004

EPA issued its highest warning ever for children and pregnant women who may eat too many fish, based on reports that some 850,000 miles of the nation's lakes are polluted with mercury and other contaminants. A diet rich in mercury-tainted fish can severely damage the nervous systems of children and fetuses. That's why states issue fish warnings not only to children but also to women young enough to have children. Many states advise that women and children eat no fish at all from the...