The amount of mercury passed through semen is likely to be extremely small and probably not capable of poisoning anyone. I would be interested in seeing some facts and figures. In light of this I think it is important to steer clear of unecessary scaremongering, for want of a better word.

The reason why i ask why mention someones ethnic background is because it is not clear from the post what the relevance of the person being Jamaican is. It is not clear whether Kathy believes this person had poisoned her because he used mercury as you say for some kind of religious purpose or purely on the grounds that he is Jamaican or even black. The latter obviously has racist undertones which i would want to challenge. My previous post was an attempt to clarify this.