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New mercury findings spur group to act
Published July 5, 2004
The fish stories continue at the Food and Drug Administration. So does theconfusion about whether pregnant women and kids should be eating canned tuna.
"The FDA advisory [on seafood consumption] doesn't tell people howto eatseafood safely," said Jane Houlihan, vice president of research at the Environmental Working Group, a Washington, D.C.-based consumer advocacy organization. "The fact is, a pregnant woman who eats one [6-ounce] can of albacore tuna each week could be exceeding a safe dose of mercury by 30 percent on average."
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