Traditional Tibetan medicine exposes people and environment to high mercury levels

(American Chemical Society) Many people view the Tibetan Plateau, or 'Roof of the World,' as a pristine alpine environment, largely untouched by pollution. But researchers, reporting in ACS' journal Environmental Science& Technology, have now shown that traditional Tibetan medicine exposes people and the environment to high levels of mercury and methylmercury.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news