Notably, mercury concentrations accumulate in fish and journey up the food chain,finding its way onto the plate and potentially causing permanent damage to the nervous systems, with the greatest risk to pregnant women, women of childbearing age and young children.
And now according to a new report by the U.N. Environment Program (UNEP), mercury pollution in the top layer of the world's oceans has doubled in the past 100 years, courtesy of man-made industry – and in need of international cooperation to fix
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