Could it have something to do with this....


In March, the Rockland County Department of Health
added an article to its health code that prohibited
keeping mercury in an uncovered container in
homes. It also required that all mercury sold in stores
must be correctly labeled in English, French and Spanish,
and must contain warnings about its danger. In addition,
vendors are required to inform buyers of the dire consequences
of mercury spills and exposure.
“This was specifically done because of the knowledge
that people in the Afro-Carribbean neighborhoods of
Rockland were using mercury for ritualistic purposes,” says
Dr. Arnold Wendroff, the environmentalist and director of
the Mercury Poisoning Project, who has been monitoring
mercury use in these communities for more than ten years.
Is this a wake-up call for the Bronx?

http://www.lehman.edu/deanhum/jct/pdf/bj_2005_03_a.pdf