Preparation
Do the following prior to the next class meeting (in the recommended order).
Required
- If you have not done so already, read the blog page Wherefrom Scientific Values in the Modern World? and Value Antimony, Pluralism, and Good Will.
- Read Chapters 1-3 of Diagnosis: Mercury: Money, Politics and Poison by Jane Marie Hightower, M.D. [SWEM Online]
Optional
The table above is from Grandjean et al. (2011). The table below is from Hightower, the author of Diagnosis: Mercury.
Further Reading
20/20: Health Risks of Mercury in Fish – ABC News
Bocking, S. (2009). Skewing Science. Alternatives Journal, 35(3), 8. [Readings]
Cherney, K. (2017). Understanding Mercury Poisoning. Healthline.
Johnson, J. (2018). Mercury Poisoning: Symptoms and Early Signs. Medical News Today.
World Health Organization. (2008). Mercury: assessing the environmental burden of disease at national and local levels. Poulin, J.
Bender, M., Lymberidi-Settimo, E. & Groth III, E. New mercury treaty exposes health risks. J Public Health Pol 35, 1–13 (2014).
Ke, T., Tinkov, A. A., Skalny, A. V., Bowman, A. B., Rocha, J. B., Santamaria, A., & Aschner, M. (2021). Developmental exposure to methylmercury and ADHD, a literature review of epigenetic studies. Environmental Epigenetics, 7(1), dvab014. [PDF]
Ascher, M. (2011). Risk assessment of methyl mercury and its effects on neurodevelopment – In: Developmental Neurotoxicology Research. In: Wang, C., & Slikker Jr, W. (Eds.). Developmental Neurotoxicology Research: Principles, Models, Techniques, Strategies, and Mechanisms. John Wiley & Sons.
Grandjean, P., Choi, A., Weihe, P., Murata, K. (2011) Methylmercury neurotoxicology: From rare poisonings to silent pandemic. In: Wang, C., & Slikker Jr, W. (Eds.). Developmental Neurotoxicology Research: Principles, Models, Techniques, Strategies, and Mechanisms. John Wiley & Sons.
1998 Mercury Study Report to Congress [4-page Overview of Executive Summary]
US Food and Drug Administration Home / Food / Chemical Contaminants, Metals & Pesticides in Food Metals and Your Food / Mercury and Methylmercury
Institute of Medicine (US) Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation. Challenges for the FDA: The Future of Drug Safety, Workshop Summary. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2007.
Davis, D. L. (2007). The Secret History of the War on Cancer. Hachette UK.
McGarity, T. O., & Wagner, W. E. (2010). Bending science: How special interests corrupt public health research. Harvard University Press.
Michaels, D. (2008). Doubt is their product: how industry’s assault on science threatens your health. Oxford University Press.
APSC 453 Science & Authority 