However, following my visit to Minamata, and having been tested for mercury, it really had a lasting impression on me. (Thank God, no mercury was found in my hair) With the issue of illegal mining and the use of mercury, my visit to Minamata keeps coming back to me. Do we really understand the effects improper use of mercury have on our bodies? Illegal miners holding mercury in their bare hands? Inhaling mercury vapor (its hot in our part of the world and thus makes mercury evaporate easily)?
read more... https://www.myjoyonline.com/opinion/2019/april-15th/thinking-out-aloud-mercury-in-our-environment.php
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