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TOO LITTLE TOO LATE? "Methylmercury became commercially important as a crop fungicide around 1914. Worldwide use was accompanied by worker poisonings and several large-scale food poisoning incidents. Mercury became widely used in developing countries as part of the “green revolution,” without any monitoring of dissemination of mercury." Despite the fact of mercury toxicity was known since the 1800s, no international agreement to control mercury pollution occurred until 2009. " " http://lnkd.in/bnfKPSzhttp://lnkd.in/b2NesnY View in LinkedIn

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FOOD AND MERCURY. "In 1971-72, a major epidemic occurred in Iraq in which 6,530 persons were hospitalized and almost 500 died. Several nations shipped wheat grain intended for planting to Iraq. The seeds had been treated with a methylmercury-containing fungicide. The seeds were also dyed red to serve as a warning. Unfortunately, the warnings on the bags were in Spanish, because some of the grain had originated in Mexico, and the skull and crossbones, recognized by westerners as meaning poison, meant nothing to the Iraqis." http://lnkd.in/bZKDN8R View in LinkedIn

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HISTORIC CASE. "In 1958 a unique illness began to be recognized in the area around Minamata Bay, on the Japanese island of Kyushu....chemical industries around the bay had been discharging inorganic mercury wastes into the waters, where anaerobic bacteria in the detritus on the floor of the bay converted the inorganic mercury into methylmercury. Scientists estimated that biomagnification in food chains may have been as high as a millionfold." This was particularly due to the heavy fish diet and toxin concentration in the food chain. " " http://lnkd.in/bZKDN8R View in LinkedIn

FUTURE DIGITIZED MEDICINE. "The convergence of these two fields—genomics, marked by the rapidly plummeting cost of sequencing a person's entire genetic code, and wireless, with its flurry of innovative health-care apps—led Dr. Eric Topol to write "The Creative Destruction of Medicine," a book that offers an illuminating perspective on the coming digitization of health care."" " http://lnkd.in/bdZzsZt View in LinkedIn

MERCURY IN MAYAN culture. A once dominant culture that became self-destructive, with enormous ritual sacrifices of tearing the living heart out (including the winners of ball games). Cinnabar (red mercury sulfide) is highly toxic and was ground to make vermillion dye that was widely used for decoration and ceramics in Mayan culture. Like the lead poisoning associated with the decay of the Roman culture, mercury toxicity is tantalizingly linked to decline of the once-great Maya culture. Lesson?" " http://lnkd.in/bV9KB9N View in LinkedIn

WIRELESS MEDICINE. “I think the future of chronic disease control will be implanted devices, They will be measuring vital signs, reaching back to the healthcare providers, whoever that might be and wherever they’re based. So you can imagine consultants and doctors around the world, or your local doctor, firing up a single app and being able to receive alerts on a patient.” Quote from Sadie Creese, director of the Global Centre for Cyber Security Capacity at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford. " " http://lnkd.in/bCKUAvd View in LinkedIn

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SCANDINAVIA BANS DENTAL" "MERCURY. "The use of mercury in dental fillings is approved in most countries. Norway, Denmark, and Sweden have banned the use of mercury in dental amalgams over environmental concerns, and in Sweden's case also from concerns over its effect on human health."" " http://lnkd.in/b4FQbQ2 View in LinkedIn