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
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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
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
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
UN Committee Recommends New Dietary Intake Limits for Mercury - WHO
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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