Article: High Mercury Levels Found in Popular Fish

Article: High mercury levels found in popular ...
USA Today (Magazine);  April 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... s Campaign to Stop Seafood Contamination. In some species, high mercury levels were eye-opening ... little tunny) all had mercury levels exceeding one part ... include: * The highest mercury levels in individual samples ...

Article: Mercury on the Hook? Oceana Has Answers for Anglers; High ...
U.S. Newswire;  February 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... sample fish for mercury levels. Oceana's report ... Campaign to Stop Seafood Contamination. "We wanted to ... some species, high mercury levels were eye-opening ... tunny) all had mercury levels exceeding 1 part ...

Article: Women in Coastal Areas Are Found to Have Higher Mercury ...
The Washington Post;  September 23, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Coast had much higher mercury levels than those living ... to have elevated mercury levels. Women earning less ... women have higher mercury levels than women from other ... who directs the seafood contamination campaign at Oceana ...

Article: High Mercury Levels Found in Fish in 22 States: ...
U.S. Newswire;  September 15, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... has a 50 percent chance of buying a swordfish steak with mercury levels considered unsafe by the FDA. Mercury concentrations ... warning," said Jackie Savitz, director of Oceana's Seafood Contamination Campaign. "Americans have a right to know what's in ...

Article: Oceana launches Seafood Contamination Campaign: ...
Seafood Business;  March 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Oceana, a marine environmental non-governmental organization, in late January launched a Seafood Contamination Campaign aimed at protecting consumers and ocean environments from manmade mercury emissions. In the campaign, Oceana is asking ...

Article: IGNORING THE DARK SIDE; Consumers Still Hooked on Fish Despite ...
The Washington Post;  February 5, 1992 ;     700+ words ...Despite carping by the fishing industry that a recent magazine report critical of seafood safety would alarm consumers and result in plunging sales, it appears that the article has caused only a ripple in consumer buying. Nonetheless, the report's findings of widespread contamination are sure to be

Article: Study records elevated mercury levels in fish ...
AP Worldstream;  October 20, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... shows 89 percent wound up with elevated mercury levels in their bodies. The research, presented ... one of the first studies to document mercury levels in Americans who eat more fish than ... 2000 to March 2001, then tested the mercury levels of patients who reported eating more ...