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FOULING OUR NEST."Major sources of mercury pollution in the US include coal-fired power plants, boilers, steel production, incinerators, and cement plants. Power plants are the largest source, emitting around 33 tons of mercury pollution in the US annually, and contributing to almost half of all mercury emissions.Coal is naturally contaminated with mercury. The bulk of this mercury pollution could be eliminated with the installation of relatively simple and widely-available pollution-control devices." http://lnkd.in/bg62Q8A. View in LinkedIn

LANDMARK MERCURY TREATY. "In January, 2013, four years of negotiations concluded with more than 140 countries agreeing on a set of legally binding measures to curb mercury pollution...the concentration of mercury in the top 100m of the world's oceans had doubled over the past century, and estimated that 260 tonnes of the toxic metal had made their way from soil into rivers and lakes."" " http://lnkd.in/bNv6ep6 View in LinkedIn

POST-GENOMIC KNOWLEDGE ECOSYSTEM is slowly under construction to translate pharmacogenetics into public health action. Availability of such information on hand-held devices for medical professionals, and increasingly, patients, is the next big step forward. " " http://lnkd.in/b9AH5aJ View in LinkedIn

MOUNTAIN OF GENOMIC DATA needs professional consensus algorithms and ease of interpretation. There are an average of 3 million gene variants per personal genome. Clinical testing is available on over 2,200 different genes or genetic conditions. This terabyte level data needs simplifying into clear and correct actionable data for patient care. This is not even considering the emerging implications of epigenetics. " " http://lnkd.in/bwMUu-g View in LinkedIn

WIRELESS REVOLUTIONS. "In the coming years, the ability to communicate wirelessly will engender several new revolutions, specifically in regards to health care. Cell phone technology will provide the basis for a radical change in the way health care is managed, in order to improve the health and quality of life for all."" " http://lnkd.in/bp-vyYE View in LinkedIn

DIGITAL MEDICINE IS HERE. "Thanks to the new technology medicine is even MORE personal. Technology changed medicine in a way we haven’t seen before – now we can use technology to monitor our vital signs (the blood pressure, heart rate, glucose level, and more) 24/7 and we can do it outside of the hospital environment, remotely. At some point that hospital environment is replaced (to some extend) by wireless devices."" " http://lnkd.in/byvebbv View in LinkedIn

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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