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How Not to Get Brain-Eating Worms and Mercury Poisoning
Are you experiencing unexplained memory lapses or brain fog? Ever considered that you may have mercury poisoning? For RFK Jr. it was worse—he also had a brain parasite. Here’s how to avoid both (extremely rare) predicaments.
While some of this can come from residing near to power plants as coal combustion releases a range of harmful pollutants including mercury, humans tend to ingest the chemical through consuming fish, says Awadhesh Jha, a toxicologist at the University of Plymouth. Because of this, both the Environmental Protection Agency and Food and Drug Administration advise pregnant women to avoid eating shark, swordfish, mackerel, or tilefish because they may contain higher amounts of mercury, which could have an impact on the brain development of the unborn fetus. The issue remains contentious among scientists, as eating a lot of fish also has known health benefits such as increasing intake of omega-3 fatty acids, which are protective against cardiovascular disease.
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