Sushi really does kill your brain

BRUSSELS, Belgium — Can eating too much sushi reduce your brain power?

Mercury contamination in big fish such as sharks, swordfish and certain types of tuna is on the rise, and smaller traces of the toxic metal may be enough to cause restricted brain development or other health problems for humans who eat them, according to data released Tuesday.

“Levels of exposure that are defined as safe by the official limits, are actually having adverse effects,” said Dr. Edward Groth, author of one of two new reports published ahead of a United Nations conference on mercury pollution.

“These are not trivial effects, these are significant effects,” Groth, an adviser to the World Health Organization, told journalists in a Web conference. “There does appear to be evidence now, fairly persuasive evidence, that adverse effects occur from normal amounts of seafood consumption.”

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