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Title: The allowable mercury varies per fish and could still be high for children.

Consumer Interest: Health and Safety (change)

"The EPA and the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) recommend that adults consume no more than 1 microgram of mercury for every 22 pounds of bodyweight per day... Not even 1 serving a week of fish containing the FDA limit on mercury would be safe, according to that advice."

"Mercury contamination is particularly of concern to children and pregnant or nursing wome... Mercury is toxic to the nervous system, especially when the nervous system is still under development."

"The Safe Harbor program tests and certifies fish that do not exceed specific levels of mercury contamination. For fish known to have higher levels of mercury, they certify only those that fall below the median level reported by the government. (The median is

the middle number in a sequence of numbers...) Thus, they reject about 40 percent of the higher-mercury fish that they test. For fish known to have lower mercury levels, fish that test significantly higher than the normal range usually found are rejected. All Safe Harbor certified seafood fall below the 1 ppm limit allowed by the U.S. FDA."

Quoting: Consumer Reports Eco-labels center: http://www.greenerchoices.org/eco-labels

Author: DiN0bot

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