Salon Patrons' Clippings Tested for Mercury
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By JANIE BRYANT  BY janie bryant  THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT  PORTSMOUTH - Joyce Newton slid into a styling chair, her back to the mirror, waiting for the snip of scissors.  "Don't cut too much out unless you're planning on perming it," she said.
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A quarter of adults in the city have elevated levels of mercury in their blood, linked to how much fish they eat, according to survey results released Monday by the health department.
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By Janie Bryant, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Feb. 8--PORTSMOUTH -- Joyce Newton slid into a styling chair, her back to the mirror, waiting for the snip of scissors.  "Don't cut too much out unless you're planning on perming it," she said.
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NASAâs Messenger spacecraft has captured a new view of the planet Mercury.
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A flyby by a Nasa unmanned space probe has revealed evidence of "widespread" volcanism on the planet Mercury.
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An analysis of a sample of Ayurvedic herbal medicine products found that 20 percent contained metals such as lead, mercury and arsenic at levels that could be toxic if taken as directed, according to a study in the December 15 issue of JAMA.
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By JOE KILLIAN  GREENSBORO -- Results of the first round of tests at Barber Park were released Tuesday, showing high levels of toxins in the soil and groundwater but low levels of heavy metals.
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One in five herbal products tied to an ancient Indian form of alternative medicine could contain potentially toxic levels of heavy metals such as lead, mercury and arsenic, a new survey finds.
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Lead, mercury and arsenic have been found in herbal preparations imported from India, some so laden with contaminants they were potent enough to cause serious poisonings, researchers report today.
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Federal health officials want to know if a government report reasonably concludes that silver dental fillings aren't dangerous even though they expose patients to toxic mercury.
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A new spectrometer lets scientists learn more about the planet's chemistry.
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Â· Thousands of women urged to contact doctors Â· 44 kits could have given bogus negative results
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Rachmat has a nasty gash on his leg from cleanup duty. Marni, an old-timer, has a laceration on her forehead. Their fellow workers are also nursing cuts and scrapes.
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A new study suggests that a federal advisory urging pregnant women to restrict their seafood intake could do more harm than good. But what about the risks of fish-borne mercury?
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By Julie Sevrens Lyons, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Dec.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Newmont Mining admitted Wednesday that it released mercury into the environment on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, but denied the releases sickened nearby residents.
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Researchers are urging the US Food and Drug Administration to lower the mercury level in commercial fish. In a study on canned fish published in this month&#39;s Journal of Food Science