Eating mercury-tainted fish affects essential stress hormones in children.
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/newscience/2011/12/2011-1227-mercury-fish-lowers-kids-cortisol/
"Eating fish can raise mercury levels that alter hormones and increase chronic stress and immune responses in children, despite the heart benefits of fish consumption.
A study raises concern about children's exposure to mercury through fish eating, tying it for the first time to hormone changes that increase chronic stress and associated immune system dysfunction."
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/newscience/2011/12/2011-1227-mercury-fish-lowers-kids-cortisol/
"Eating fish can raise mercury levels that alter hormones and increase chronic stress and immune responses in children, despite the heart benefits of fish consumption.
A study raises concern about children's exposure to mercury through fish eating, tying it for the first time to hormone changes that increase chronic stress and associated immune system dysfunction."
