Methylmercury is fond in foods like rice and fish and is harming adults, infants, and young children. They found methylmercury in grain when grown in polluted areas. When these grains are turned in to cereals for consumers to eat they have much higher levels of this chemical than those that are not rice based cereals. These cereals have about 2.28 micro grams of methylmecury per kilogram in each item.
We need to save our infants and their mothers by limiting consumption of these fish and grains in order to reduce their potential exposure. Methylmercury can cause neurological and reproductive problems when eaten by adults. This chemical can also hard younger generations by creating developmental problems. this is a huge risk for those that rely on this crop daily and have nothing else to eat.
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Climate change seems to affect the survival of every life form on this planet. They are endangering the well being of many animals, including the Menhaden fish. They live off the coast from Maine to Texas. This fish's Average body size has shrunk around 15 percent in the past 65 years.
This fish is said to be the most economically important fish in the ocean. They also make up half of the Alantic's harvest making 129 dollars in 2013. This fish's shrinkage will greatly impact our economy from the loss in money from our harbors. The size of this fish will also affect the food web this fish is involved in. They are a food source for birds, seals, whales, striped bass and other animals. Climate change will slowly begin to affect animals from all different types of habitats. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/10/171004133543.htm |
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