• Health Blog

    Salmon, farm-raised and wild

    Monday night I whipped up my favorite salmon burgers, mixing in some of the green olives left over from my pasta. I made sure to use lemon juice as well. In the past I've skipped this ing...

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    Dissecting Jane Hightowers Diagnosis Mercury

    Dr. Jane Hightower is a San Francisco physician who has been described in media reports as someone who's "made something of a cottage industry" out of anecdotally linking various and sometimes vague s...

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    Greenpeace Announces the Sky Is Falling But Only Over Alaska

    The Alaska pollock fishery is not in danger of collapse. The always measured and restrained folks at Greenpeace were at it again today. This time insisting they were right that overfishing has pushed...

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    More Seafood Sleuthing from The New York Times

    Before she was admonished by the New York Times public editor for the failures of her now discredited story about mercury in sushi tuna, Marion Burros was sleuthing around Gotham spiriting fish sample...

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    Bad Choices at the Chicago Tribune

    It wasnt long ago that we told you about some questionable standards at the Chicago Tribune and how the official online biography of the Tribune Companys new media chief used the word "crap" 6 times a...

  • Health Blog

    The deal with cholesterol and shrimp

    I finally got around to making shrimp and olive oil pasta Friday night, which started out a bit uninteresting, but improved greatly with the addition of green olives and red pepper flakes. On...

  • Health Press Release

    New Flyer Encourages Pregnant Women to Eat Fish

    October 6, 2008 Boston, MA Grocery stores and nutrition educators now have access to a new nutrition education flyer that helps moms and moms-to-be understand the important benefits of eating seafood...

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    The Japanese Paradox

    Last night Lloyd and I ate at a fun French restaurant in our neighborhood that offers over ten types of les moules (mussels). You'll notice in the before and after pictures, we also ate pom...

  • Health Blog

    What to do with frozen shrimp

    Yesterday for lunch I ate some curried salmon loaf from last week. I wasn't sure how well it would freeze, but it was officially just as good reheated as straight from the oven. While I was in the...

  • Health Resource

    Downloadable Resources

    Fish School pocket-sized foldout
    Learn to shop for, store, and cook seafood.Includes four fresh recipes.Seafood and Pregnancy Flyer(English PDF) (Spanish PDF)
    A tool that talks to moms-to-be...

  • Health Blog

    Are there vegetarian sources of omega-3s?

    I am finally back in DC after back-to-back trips to Boston (work) and Austin (play). The play part involved attending the 2008 Austin City Limits Music Festival with my whole family. The festival was ...

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    Theres Something To Say For Getting It Right

    Just last week NFI held its annual meeting and I had the pleasure of meeting with some really smart engaged communicators who understand the importance of getting the ground truth science about seafoo...

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    Another Look at Mother Jones

    A few weeks ago, we shared a preview of a Mother Jones article about Tuna and Mercury. Now, Mother Jones made the entire article available via the Web. Now that the piece is going to be distributed to...

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    Oceana’s Problem with the Mercury Messenger

    When we deliver the real facts about mercury in fish, backed up by the latest science, it appears groups like Oceana don't like it too much. Case in point; back on September 17th the Fort Myers News P...

  • Health Blog

    The appetizer trick

    Last night I got my fish fix at a famous Boston-based seafood restaurant - one that brings back warm memories of meals shared with visiting family when I lived here for graduate school. In fact, a...