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Mercury Information


Application of Risk/Benefit Evaluation to Contaminants in Fish, Philip Spiller, FDA* 2 p. - Seafood and Health
Attorney General Lockyer Pushes Grocers to Warn Consumers about Mercury in Fish (1/17/03) - CA Office of the Attorney General

Backgrounder for the 2004 FDA/EPA Consumer Advisory: What You Need to Know About Mercury in Fish and Shellfish - US FDA
Blood Organic Mercury and Dietary Mercury Intake: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999 and 2000 - Env. Health Perspectives

The Chemical Form of Mercury in Fish - Science Magazine
Choose Fish Low in Mercury (1 p.)* - Maine Bureau of Health
Commercial Fish: Eat Up, Despite Low Levels of Mercury - U. of Rochester
Consumer Advisory on Methylmercury in Fish (3/19/04) - US FDA and EPA

Database: National Survey of Mercury Concentrations in Fish (1990-1995) - US EPA

FDA Letter to Attorney General Lockyer re: Mercury in Fish Lawsuit (8/12/05)
FDA/EPA Mercury Advisory Position Statement - NFI

FDA/EPA Revise Guidelines on Mercury in Fish - FDA
Highlights of FDA Food Safety Efforts: Fruit Juice, Mercury in Fish - US FDA

Information on Mercury Levels in Fish - Health Canada
Issues Regarding Mercury in Pacific Northwest Seafood (2 p.)* - Oregon State U.

Mercury - US EPA
Mercury Content of Oregon Groundfish
* - Oregon State U.
Mercury: Human Exposure - EPA
Mercury in Fish - CA OEHHA

Mercury in Fish - CDHS
Mercury in Fish: Cause for Concern? - US FDA
Mercury in Fish: FDA Monitoring Program (1990 - 2003) - US FDA

Mercury in Fish: Here's the Facts - About Seafood
Mercury in Fish Resources List - USDA

Mercury in Perspective, Fact and Fiction about the Debate over Mercury (2005) - US House Resources Comm.
Mercury in Seafood: Facts and Discrepancies (M. Morrissey, 2006)* 1 p. -  posted with permission from IFTNEW
Mercury Levels in Commercial Fish and Shellfish - US FDA
Mercury References  - UC Davis
Mercury in Seafood - UC Davis
Mercury Study Report to Congress - US EPA
Methylmercury in Fish from Lake Pillsbury (Lake County, [California]): Guidelines for Sport Fish Consumption - CA Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
Methylmercury Poses Conundrum for Consumers  - Seafood Business
Methylmercury, Toxicological Effects of - National Academy Press

National Advice for Women and Children on Mercury in Fish - US EPA
National Forum on Contaminants in Fish 2004: Mercury Issues - US EPA

New Guidance on Eating Shark, Swordfish and Marlin - UK Food Standards Agency

Prenatal Methylmercury Exposure from Ocean Fish Consumption in the Seychelles Child Development Study by Myers, et al., The Lancet, Vol. 361, Issue 9370 pages 1686 and 1667) News Release - NEWSWISE
Proposition 65 - CA OEHHA
Proposition 65 - Mercury in Seafood - California Grocers Association
Proposition 65 - Mercury in Seafood - California Restaurant Association
Protect Your Family. Eat Fish Low in Mercury (4 p.)* - Maine Bureau of Health

Questions & Answers - Mercury in the Environment and Food - AboutSeafood
Questions and Answers About Mercury and Seafood - USTF


Rationale for Issuance of Revised Advisory on Methylmercury and Fish Consumption* - US FDA

UN Committee Recommends New Dietary Intake Limits for Mercury - WHO
Understanding Mercury Levels in Canned Tuna: Exposing Common Myths - USTF

What You Need to Know About Mercury in Fish and Shellfish - US FDA
What You Need to Know About Mercury in Fish and Shellfish (Spanish, Cambodian, Chinese, Hmong, Korean, Portugese, and Vietnamese translations) - US EPANEW


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Updated: 09/12/07

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