"Recent publicity of mercury poisoning in Broadway actor Jeremy Piven from his regular consumption of sushi highlights the prevalence and magnitude of exposure risk associated with eating certain seafood, said officials with the MPP on Monday.
The group said its new report, released earlier this week, features case studies documenting a number of similar mercury poisonings experienced by people throughout the United States.
Last week, television and movie star Jeremy Piven was ordered to take a break from his work in the Broadway show Speed the Plow, after his doctor diagnosed him with a "profound elevated mercury level ...