Environmental Health News: Mercury cancels brain benefits of fish oil, study confirms
January 12, 2011
A long-term dietary study untangles the effects on brain development of two well-known but contrary exposures – beneficial oil and toxic methyl mercury – that accompany a fish-rich diet.
Read the full summary of this study from Environmental Health News
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Synopsis by Jennifer F. Nyland
