A child abuse fatality occurs when a child's death is the result of abuse or neglect, or when abuse and/or neglect are contributing factors to a child's death. In the United States, 1,730 children died in 2008 due to factors related to abuse; this is a rate of 2 per 100,000 U.S. children.
The kind of mercury that accumulates to toxic levels in fish is called monomethylmercury, or simply methylmercury, because it has a methyl group, CH3, attached to the mercury atom. The problem is that we donât know where methylmercury comes from.
Mercury acts as a neurotoxin which damages or destroys nerve tissue. Fortunately, for you and me, a mercury detox will eradicate this neurotoxin. This unique toxin has the distinction of being the most poisonous, non-radioactive, and naturally occurring element in our environment.