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FDA to check tuna

U.S. to investigate mercury levels in canned fish

Chicago Tribune, Sam Roe
Published December 31, 2005

The Food and Drug Administration will investigate whether tens of millions of cans of tuna sold each year contain potentially hazardous levels of mercury. Responding to a Tribune series this month on mercury in fish, the FDA said it will review the possibility that there are elevated mercury levels in some cans of "light tuna," one of America's best-selling seafoods and a product the agency has recommended repeatedly as a low-mercury choice. To view the rest of this article, please visit www.chicagotribune.com.
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