Thimerosol in Flu Vaccines? America's Mercury Habit is Nothing New
By some views, it's just as possible that sunscreen -- and sun avoidance -- is causing far more harm than mercury ever did.
By some views, it's just as possible that sunscreen -- and sun avoidance -- is causing far more harm than mercury ever did.
Shelley Hendrix Reynolds | Posted 11.04.2009 | Living
For over a decade, I've relentlessly searched for answers to the connections I believe exist between my son's autism and vaccines he received.
Posted 10.01.2009 | Entertainment
Now that Jeremy Piven's legal war with 'Speed the Plow' producer David Mamet is over (a judge ruled in August that Piven did not break his contract wh...
AP | JASON DEAREN | Posted 09.18.2009 | Green
NEW IDRIA, Calif. — Abandoned mercury mines throughout central California's rugged coastal mountains are polluting the state's major waterways, ...
Posted 10.18.2009 | Entertainment
Almost nine months later, Jeremy Piven is still explaining his departure from Broadway's Speed-the-Plow following a bout of mercury poison coupled wit...
Ellen Brown | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics
If we are going to have "smarter medicine" that really keeps people well, we need to get politics out of medicine. We need a government agency that explores and funds solid research independently of lobbies.
Huffington Post | Katy Hall | Posted 09.20.2009 | Entertainment
Longtime mercury poisoning sufferer and alarmist Jeremy Piven is answering questions from his fans all around the world! In the new issue of TIME, Pi...
AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 09.19.2009 | Green
WASHINGTON — No fish can escape mercury pollution. That's the take-home message from a federal study of mercury contamination released Wednesday...
Kate Kelly | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics
The recent FDA ruling that mercury used in dental amalgam fillings is not at a level high enough to cause harm in patients was the next volley in what is an ongoing discussion about the safety of mercury.
Dan Persons | Posted 08.31.2009 | Entertainment
In Taiji, Japan, dolphins are herded into an isolated cove. The best get sold to sea parks and aquariums, the rest are killed for their meat. The Cove exposes the atrocity to the world.
Trey Borzillieri | Posted 08.24.2009 | Green
The average consumer is so uninformed about fish that looking through the glass case and pointing is like hitting a button on a vending machine with signage in a foreign language.
Brendan DeMelle | Posted 07.24.2009 | Green
President Obama should instruct all relevant federal agencies to live up to his stated commitment to address the health crisis in Vieques immediately, pursue an "environmentally acceptable" clean-up for Vieques, and work toward a fair and complete resolution to the ongoing litigation.
people.com | Nicholas White | Posted 07.20.2009 | Entertainment
Hold the fish for Jeremy Piven. "I haven't had a piece of fish since the doctor told me to lower my blood mercury level," the Entourage Emmy winner...
Grist | Posted 05.07.2009 | Green
Polar bears are cute, cuddly, and everyone is sad that they might run out of ice and become extinct like the pathetic animated bear in An Inconvenient...
tmz.com | TMZ Staff | Posted 04.25.2009 | Entertainment
Jeremy Piven is dragging Barack Obama into his war over the "mercury poisoning" excuse he used to get out of a Broadway play a few months ago. With t...
AP | MICHAEL KUCHWARA | Posted 03.29.2009 | Entertainment
NEW YORK — No agreement has been reached in the Jeremy Piven grievance hearing. Piven appeared Thursday at the session requested by the produce...
NY Post | Posted 03.28.2009 | Entertainment
JEREMY PIVEN is on the hook. He goes before the grievance committee of Actors' Equity tomorrow to defend his much-snickered-at claim that high levels...
Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 03.26.2009 | Green
In the wake of several scary mercury stories -- reminders that the toxic metal is all around us like the revelation that it's in high fructose corn sy...
E! | Posted 03.06.2009 | Entertainment
Wahlberg, a producer of Entourage, has remained pretty much mum over the Piven ordeal, but earlier today he jumped to his defense. Wahlberg insisted t...
Paula Crossfield | Posted 03.01.2009 | Green
There has been a previous association made between diet and autistic functionality -- and specifically high fructose corn syrup been singled out as a cause for worsening the disorder.
Paula Crossfield | Posted 02.27.2009 | Green
It turns out that many foods sweetened with high fructose corn syrup contain mercury. Worst of all, the FDA has known about this potential toxin and has continued serving it up since at least 2005.
Huffington Post | Posted 02.12.2009 | Entertainment
Jeremy Piven talked about his mercury poisoning and claimed to have made up with at least one of his "Speed-the-Plow" costars. At a Golden Globes ...
Tom Gregory | Posted 01.23.2009 | Entertainment
Piven's abrupt departure from Speed the Plow was a low in the history of Broadway. Every actor who ever uttered the edict "the show must go on" rolled his eyes, or rolled over in his grave.
Fox News, Page Six | Posted 01.22.2009 | Entertainment
Almost a week after Jeremy Piven abruptly pulled out of Broadway's "Speed the Plow" citing a high mercury count, the story continues to develop. Piv...
Kate Kelly | Posted 01.20.2009 | Green
While there may be a back story that prompted David Mamet to make his remark about Jeremy Piven, his comment is wildly inappropriate in that it makes light of a very serious environmental problem.
Peter Christian Hall | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living