Mercury limits set for six ocean fish species For the first time, Health Canada is setting a standard for the maximum amount of mercury allowed in six species of ocean fish, including shark and swordfish, a reflection of the mounting concern over contamination of seafood by the dangerous heavy metal. [News Source]

More Iron Range miners dying of cancer. Reviving a 35-year-old controversy on Minnesota's Iron Range, the state Health Department said on Wednesday that a rare asbestos-related cancer is killing miners in significantly greater numbers than previously reported. [News Source]

What’s a safe daily dose of vitamin D? (The Biloxi Sun Herald) Q: I'm concerned about my elderly aunt's intake of vitamin D, as I understand that too much can be toxic. [News Source]

Calcium, vitamin D may ward off colorectal cancer (Reuters via Yahoo! News) People who consume relatively high levels of calcium and dairy products and take vitamin D supplements seem to be protected to some degree against colorectal cancer, researchers have found. [News Source]

Mothers’ beefy diet linked to sons’ low sperm count.

Men born between 1949 and 1983 to women in the US who ate a lot of beef while pregnant have significantly lower sperm counts, a new study shows.

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Beef diet ‘damages sons’ sperm’. Scientists have produced evidence to suggest that Europe was right to ban the beef industry from using growth promoters to increase yield. [News Source]

Vitamin-D talk on Monday (Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter) MANITOWOC - Dr. Joseph DiRaimondo will present a free seminar at 10 a.m. on Monday, April 2, on how vitamin-D may help prevent osteoporosis and other diseases. [News Source]

Vitamins And Minerals Might Prevent Hearing Loss (Science Daily) In a new study in animals, University of Michigan researchers report that a combination of high doses of vitamins A, C, and E and magnesium, taken one hour before noise exposure and continued as a once-daily treatment for five days, was very effective at preventing permanent noise-induced hearing loss. The animals had prolonged exposure to sounds as loud as a jet engine at take-off at close range. [News Source]

Autism: It’s not just in the head. The devastating derangements of autism also show up in the gut and in the immune system. That unexpected discovery is sparking new treatments that target the body in addition to the brain. [News Source]

Mom’s beef puts son’s sperm count at stake. Men whose mothers ate a lot of beef during their pregnancy have a sperm count about 25% below normal and three times the normal risk of fertility problems, researchers reported Tuesday. [News Source]

The Only Test that Takes the Guesswork out of what Vitamins and Supplements your Body Needs (PR.com) Why You May Need An Intracellular Vitamin Analysis [PR.com - March 28, 2007] [News Source]

Schoolgirls Uncover Ribena’s Vitamin Fraud (RedNova) Two New Zealand schoolgirls humbled one of the world's biggest food and drugs companies after their school science experiment found that ready-to-drink Ribena contained almost no vitamin C. [News Source]