We know a lot about mercury now that we didn't know 10 years ago. We know that one out of every six American women now has so much mercury in her womb that her children are at risk for autism, blindness, mental retardation, cognitive impairment, heart, liver and kidney disease. I have so much mercury in my body – I got levels tested recently – that I was told by Dr. David Carpenter, who's a national authority on mercury contamination, that a woman with my levels, which are three times the safe levels, would have a child with cognitive impairment. He estimated a permanent IQ loss of 5 to 7 points in her children. He said the science is very certain. Today there are 630,000 children born in this country every year who've been exposed to dangerous levels of mercury in the womb.

This has not been one of my issues, but I think we need to give praise and support to those who are willing to step up to the plate and expose the current Administration's record. There's lots more to this powerful article, we recommend reading the whole thing. [Note: corrected to put my comments outside the quote box.]