This is an amazing demonstration of how mercury exposure kills brain cells. This is an actual experiment where you will see brain neuron degeneration as it takes place. It is critical that pregnant women keep their exposure to mercury to an absolute minimum.
Many fish oil supplements on the market and fish contain mercury. Yet these essential fatty acids are critical to fetal development, particularity brain development. Make sure if you are eating fish it is wild Alaskan Salmon. If you are taking a fish oil supplement make sure it is pure. There are two ways to assure this.
1) Make sure it is Pharmaceutical Quality.
2) Make sure it has gone through a double or triple distillation process to assure purity.
