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 Stories About: food and agriculture AND marine life AND toxics
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Filet of the Land
New studies give conflicting advice about the benefits and risks of eating fish |
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18 Oct 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Filet of the Land New studies give conflicting advice about the benefits and risks of eating fish Two studies released yesterday are likely to confuse you even further about the benefits and risks of eating fish. A report from the Harvard School of Public Health claims that fish consumption can reduce the risk of coronary death by 36 percent, and total mortality by 17 percent -- benefits that far o ... |
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| Topics: food and agriculture, health, marine life, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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He Who Pays the Piper Calls the Tuna
California loses suit to make tuna companies issue mercury warnings |
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15 May 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| He Who Pays the Piper Calls the Tuna California loses suit to make tuna companies issue mercury warnings California law requires products containing chemicals that could cause reproductive harm or cancer to have warning labels, but a state Superior Court judge has ruled that the law does not apply to mercury-licious canned tuna. Mercury has been shown to slow neurological development, thus the ... |
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| Topics: California, food and agriculture, marine life, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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Fish 'n' Chicks
Study finds excessive mercury in 20 percent of women of childbearing age |
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22 Oct 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Fish 'n' Chicks Study finds excessive mercury in 20 percent of women of childbearing age A new Greenpeace-commissioned study on the correlation between fish consumption and levels of mercury in the body has produced interim results, and they may cause you to think twice about your next order of a tuna-salad sandwich. The study analyzed hair samples sent in by people, many of whom read about the study on the inter ... |
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| Topics: food and agriculture, marine life, toxics (all these topics) |
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One Mississippi, Two Mississippi, Dead Mississippi
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12 Feb 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| One Mississippi, Two Mississippi, Dead Mississippi Six states whose waters feed the lower Mississippi River agreed this week to work together to reduce the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico. Fertilizers, sewage, and other nutrient-rich pollutio ... |
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| Topics: ... Louisiana, marine life, Mississippi, Mississippi River, Missouri, oceans, rivers and watersheds, solid waste treatment and disposal, Tennessee, Texas, toxics (all these topics) |
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The Fish-scales of Justice
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24 Jan 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| The Fish-scales of Justice California Attorney General Bill Lockyer is suing five major grocery store chains to force them to warn customers that tuna, swordfish, and shark may contain dangerously high levels of mercury. In the suit, Lockyer claims that Safeway, Kroger, Albertson's, Trader Joe's, and Whole Foods are violating Proposition 65, which requires companies to provide "clear and reasonab ... |
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| Topics: California, food and agriculture, marine life, toxics (all these topics) |
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