Jeremy Piven is giving his regards to Broadway … and leaving! He is abruptly ending his run on Broadway’s Speed-the-Plow. His reason: high mercury count. Okay, what? What ever happened to the good, old-fashioned stomach flu?
Well, turns out that this is essentially like being poisoned. According to the FDA, there are some guidelines on how to avoid reaching a high mercury count. The biggest, easiest one is to not eat sushi more than once a week. Turns out, Piven was eating sushi about two times a day. Apparently Piven also takes Chinese herbs that also heighten mercury levels.
Okay, so I just had sushi last night and tuna for lunch so I’m nervous. I’m not feeling to great, could I suffer from high mercury levels? The symptoms range from impairment of peripheral vision, lack of coordination of movements, impairment of speech, muscle weakness, skin rashes, mood swing, memory loss, mental disturbance… Okay, I can check off almost all of these except I don’t have a skin rash. I’m sure I’m okay though.
Just to be safe though, I'm gonna take a little break from fish.
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