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U.S. safety net in tatters

Seafood shoppers are at risk for mercury exposure as regulators ignore their own experts, issue flawed warnings and set policies aiding industry

Chicago Tribune, Michael Hawthorne and Sam Roe
Published December 12, 2005

SERIES: TRIBUNE INVESTIGATION: THE MERCURY MENACE Second of three parts. Shipped from Singapore, the swordfish entered the U.S. this year without being tested for the toxic metal mercury. When a fillet from that fish reached a display case at a supermarket in suburban Des Plaines, it carried no government warning labels, even though federal officials know swordfish often is so contaminated that young children and pregnant women should never eat it. To view the rest of this article, please visit www.chicagotribune.com.
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