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Scientists from Harvard and the U.S. Geological Survey have recently found that mercury levels have already increased 30% from 1989. This finding means that by the time 2050 rolls around the Pacific Ocean will be twice as contaminated with mercury as it was in 1995 increasing our exposure to mercury from eating fish and other seafood.

In 2007, it was reported that 40% of people’s exposure of  the neurotin, methylmercury, in the United States comes from tuna; the most widely consumed fish.

Methylmercury alters brain development in fetuses and is linked to learning problems and reduced IQs in some children.

The study also showed how mercury from industrial sources is contaminating seafood. Asia’s burning of coal is the primary worldwide source of mercury contamination.

Read more about it here.