As mentioned a month or so ago, this blog wants to challenge the notion that enviros are inherently doom and gloomsters. Yesterday came an actual rash of semi-good news on the topic of pollutants, which is not what most folks think of when they want to perk up their day. But the fact is, there are simple things we can do to eat well and stay safe, and maybe even mercury can be compensated for:
–In the LATimes (reg. required), a big story about a seafood company that is launching a new division built around the idea of rigorous testing of big predatory fish such as shark, swordfish, and tuna.
–From Newsday, a story about a study from the University of Rochester (reg. required) that surprised researchers by showing that mothers from the Seychelles Islands, where women eat about ten times the amount of mercury as do women in the U.S., bore children who showed no ill effects by the age of sixteen, despite high levels of mercury in the hair samples of mothers.
–From Environmental Health Perspectives, a study showing that children can reduce pesticide loads in the body by has much as fifty percent after just five days of an organic foods diet.
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Kit Stolz 