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  • Health Press Release

    Updated Government Dietary Guidelines Include New Advice About Eating Seafood, Especially During Pregnancy

    Washington, D.C. (January 31, 2011) The United States Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS) 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, released today, name seafood among t...

  • Health Press Release

    Dont Fall For Consumer Reports Canned Tuna Scare Story

    December 6, 2010 Washington, D.C. Consumer Reports (CR) latest scare story on canned tuna is simply a retread of a 2006 report that does a disservice to its readers by using the same sleight of hand ...

  • Health Blog

    Consumer Reports Repeats Its Same Old Canned Tuna Scare Story

    This Holiday season it would appear Consumer Reports is re-gifting. Remember back in 2006 it did a story about mercury in canned tuna? Well, its latest scare story on canned tuna is simply a retread o...

  • Consumer Protection Blog

    Broken Windows Theory

    We often mention the broken windows theory when we encourage FDA to focus some resources on economic fraud violations. The willingness to cheat or not understand the economic regulations (e.g., net we...

  • Health Blog

    NYT Green Blog Fails To Research The Research It Reports On

    The New York Times Blog, Green, is reporting that a new study suggests people need to be more wary of saltwater fish than freshwater fish because mercury in seawater is more likely to stay in its toxi...

  • Health Blog

    salmon cake Benedict

    Today for breakfast I made a sort of salmon cake Benedict.Half a whole wheat hamburger bun + a salmon cake + a poached egg the hollandaise sauce. I recently learned how to make real hollandaise sauce...

  • Health Resource

    Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation on the Risks and Benefits of Fish Consumption: Executive Summary

    Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation on the Risks and Benefits of Fish Consumption
    Authors: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and World Health Organization
    Journal: FAO/W...

  • Health Blog

    Dr. Oz Back On The Radar

    One time is a mistake. Two times is a pattern.Back in January Dr. Oz produced a TV show where his advice on fish consumption and his discussion about mercury were way outside the latest up-to-date med...

  • Health Blog

    Perceptions Of Seafood Safety A Must Read For Reporters

    Time and time again we see local TV stations recycling the ole testing mercury in fish story. We have literally seen the same story in dozens of local markets across the country over the course of fiv...

  • Health Blog

    Edward Groths Fish Facts

    Yesterday Dr. Edward Groth III of the Mercury Policy Project announced the launch of a new website designed to provide 'mercury facts' that stand in contrast to ones provided by sites like this.On jus...