High Mercury Levels Are Found in Tuna Sushi
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Laboratory tests on sushi bought in Manhattan revealed tuna with mercury levels so high that a diet of six pieces a week would exceed accepted safety levels.
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Each day at 4 p.m., the trawlers come back, alive with giant bass, mackerel and squirming eels, at the end of a food chain that links family dinner tables to poisons in the sea. Besides mercury which can damage the brains of fetuses and young children and can affect healthy adults, there are PCBs, dioxins and flame retardants with unknown long-term effects.
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Researchers are urging the US Food and Drug Administration to lower the mercury level in commercial fish. In a study on canned fish published in this month&#39;s Journal of Food Science
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American Indians are adding their voices to the controversy over mercury in the nation's waters, saying they are among the biggest consumers of fish and therefore more at risk from contamination.
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Some children may have an inherited  weakness that may predispose them to develop autism when  exposed to mercury from fish or other sources, an environmental  group said on Monday.
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The nation's largest gold-producing state is being asked to investigate whether mercury emissions from its mines are contaminating area fisheries.
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By PHIL MULKINS  Dear Action Line: In all of your recycling pieces, I haven't seen anything on what to do with burned-out fluorescent tubes. These contain mercury, and this is not destroyed by incineration. Airborne mercury settles into rivers and streams, getting into the fish we eat.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Newmont Mining admitted Wednesday that it released mercury into the environment on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, but denied the releases sickened nearby residents.
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The UK presses the EU for action to stop overfishing of bluefin tuna, which campaigners say is being fuelled by demand for sushi.
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Mercury from vaccines seems to disappear rapidly from the blood, returning to pre-vaccination levels in one month, according to a small study of children in Argentina.
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Spinach contaminated with E. coli. Frozen oysters tainted by norovirus. Peanut butter fouled by salmonella.
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The worldâs US biggest gold miner has admitted it released tons of mercury into the air and water over a period of years at one of its Indonesian gold mines, but denies it had any health impact on people.
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Tokyo-based Nichiro Corp. recalled nearly 5 million cans of tuna Friday after a customer found part of a box cutter blade in a can
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For women who are pregnant, breast-feeding, or considering either Eat up to 12 oz. of fish per week; up to 6 oz. can be albacore tuna.
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A new government study has found high concentrations of heavy metals at the bottom of an Indonesian bay that U.S. giant Newmont Mining Corp. has been accused of polluting.
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A U.S. study suggests the impact and extent of mercury pollution in wildlife is much greater than previously thought.
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A report about high mercury levels in some sushi in Manhattan prompted concern among some residents but others shrugged.