How Not to Get Brain-Eating Worms and Mercury Poisoning

According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, almost all of us have at least trace amounts of methylmercury—the form of mercury we tend to encounter most—in our bodies due to its sheer prevalence in the environment. However, most of the time these levels are too low to result in any health problems.While some of this can come from residing near power plants, as coal combustion…