Does Piven have mercury poisoning?
“The word poisoning implies some surreptitious act, like we poison rats,” Colker tells WebMD. “The proper term is mercury toxicity. And the answer is ‘yes’ to mercury toxicity.” Colker says Piven’s original mercury level was “shockingly elevated” at nearly six times the upper tolerable limit and the highest Colker had ever seen in his practice. “You can imagine how stunned I was,” Colker says.