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central nervous system, minamata bay disease, methylmercury poisoning is neurological damage, methylmercury, mercury, "quicksilver", metal that is liquid at room temperature, most compounds containing mercury, poisonous, methylmercury, organic form of mercury, , preserve seed grain, methylmercury, produced from metallic mercury, mercury compounds in bodies of water by the action of bacteria, outbreaks of methylmercury poisoning have occurred following ingestion of treated seed grain, meat from animals fed treated seedgrain, fish from waters contaminated, methylmercury, minamata bay in japan, fetuses, young infants, very sensitive to methylmercury's effects, methylmercury causes, central nervous system, brain, spinal cord, severity, the damage depends on the extent, the exposure, the cns effects of mercury poisoning, similar to those seen in cerebral palsy, methylmercury is thought to cause a form of cerebral palsy, in january 2001, fda issued a warning that pregnant women, become pregnant, nursing mothers, small infants to avoid fish, contain unsafe levels of methylmercury, fish include large, longer-lived fish, swordfish, king mackerel, shark, tilefish, fda especially warns against noncommercial fish, fish caught by friends, family, agency recommends that consumers check local, state health departments, warnings against locally caught, noncommercial fish, physicians have raised concerns, ethyl mercury, thimerosal, a preservative used, vaccines, though individual vaccines, not contain high levels of thimerosal, fear was that multiple childhood vaccines might cause mercury levels in children to rise to dangerous levels, research indicates that this, in fact, happen, highest levels of ethyl mercury found in vaccinated children, did not reach a level deemed to be toxic, research also shows that thimerosal-containing vaccines, shown to cause autism, adhd, currently, routine pediatric vaccines that contain thimerosal have only trace amounts, further, the routine vaccines, available in thimerosal-free formulas, history of exposure to methylmercury, in the womb, cerebral palsy, growth deficiency, microcephaly, small head, deafness, blindness, vary depending on the symptoms that occur, methylmercury damage is irreversible, treatment is determined by the severity, similar to that given, cerebral palsy, irreversible, new exposure to methylmercury, complications depend on the severity, specific symptoms manifested, blindness, deafness, symptoms of this disorder, a possibly suspicious exposure, eating foods, have been contaminated, methylmercury, develop symptoms, mention this exposure to health care provider, strict avoidance of any foods contaminated, methylmercury, prevent poisoning, manufacturing, mercury has, become so common, in the environment that trace amounts of methylmercury, present in many foods derived, ocean, deep-sea tuna, levels, low enough that most of these foods remain safe, contact poison control, believe you, have been exposed.