[steve-b]

possibly mercury poisoning from eating tons of marine fish over three decades

Was that really an issue back then? I thought this particular pollution problem was a relatively recent phenomenon.

[Sam Cree]

"possibly mercury poisoning from eating tons of marine fish over three decades"

"Was that really an issue back then?"

I don't really know if fish had mercury in them back then, or if anyone knows how they get it in them in the first place, or even if Hemingway ate tons of them. IMO the real problem was drinking tonnes of alcohol.