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Study shows curcumin protects against mercury exposure

Posted: 15 Oct 2013 01:52 AM PDT

Mercury pollution is extremely high around the world, with coal-burning power plants and nonferrous metal production being the main sources of toxic emission, accounting for 72 percent of total environmental discharge. The United Nations estimates that nearly 2000 tons of mercury was emitted into the globe's atmosphere in 2010 alone.

Mercury is a pervasive toxin lurking in many modern products

Mercury can be found lurking in many vaccinations, which are injected right into people's blood. Mercury is poured into teeth via dental amalagams. Tons of amalagam waste is excreted into the environment each year. Mercury was once the key metal in thermometers. It's harbored in sphygmomanometers, or blood pressure monitoring devices. It's used as an antiseptic in pharmaceuticals, as a reagent in laboratories, and is in some paints. Mercury exists in batteries and in the new fluorescent light bulbs. The metal is pervasive; it gets into the rivers and the soil, eventually flowing into the ocean, where it accumulates in the aquatic food chain. It continues to circulate, over and over, showing little signs of decomposing.

Mercury toxicity leads to nervous system paralysis

The deadly effects of mercury poisoning are often overlooked. One disease, rarely heard of, was coined back in 1956 and is called Minamata disease. The definition of the disease describes the ill effects of mercury poisoning: numbness in the hands and feet, muscle weaknesses, narrowing of vision, speech and hearing damage, insanity, paralysis and death.

The cause of Minamata disease was discovered when residents of Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, began eating contaminated fish from Minamata Bay and the Shiranui Sea. The source of the contamination was high levels of methyl mercury, which was being released from industrial waste water from a chemical factory owned by the Chisso Corporation. For 36 consecutive years, the symptoms arose in the populace, bringing death to many. 2,265 victims were eventually identified, including 1,784 who had passed away. The Chisso Corporation ended up paying $86 million in compensation for their company's mercury poisoning of the water and fish.
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