Still, the levels of mercury in the air are minute.
In some cases, mercury levels have reached 300 parts per million - 600 times the acceptable level.
High levels of mercury can damage a baby's developing brain.
The highest levels of mercury have been found in the Northeast.
One patient's hair was found to have a mercury level of 390 ppm.
I read that the levels of mercury in sea fish, from pollution, are at danger level.
Tests show he's carrying ten times the acceptable level of mercury.
A Florida panther was found dead with levels of mercury high enough to kill a human.
On average, the mercury level found in these 14 subjects was 48.3 ppm per person.
But now he thinks elevated levels of mercury could be to blame.