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Toxic levels of mercury in Chinese infants eating fish congee

Stephen J Corbett and Christopher C S Poon
Med J Aust 2008; 188 (1): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01512.x
Published online: 7 January 2008

To the Editor: We report elevated mercury levels in three infants, each the only child of Chinese parents living in Sydney. All three children had eaten fish congee (a rice and fish porridge) as a weaning food and ate fish regularly as toddlers. Their parents had sought medical advice for either developmental delay or neurological symptoms in the children.

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