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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Filet of the Land New studies give conflicting advice about the benefits and risks of eating fish		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 ...
Topics: food and agriculture, health, marine life, news, toxics (all these topics)

Stick With Pickles and Ice Cream Pregnant women shouldn't eat canned tuna, says Consumer Reports		08 Jun 2006	Daily Grist
Stick With Pickles and Ice Cream Pregnant women shouldn't eat canned tuna, says Consumer Reports We're all aware that pregnant women shouldn't overeat seafood because of mercury contamination, but the Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports magazine, recommends that moms-to-be skip canned tuna altogether. Most canned light tuna is skipjack, a species relatively low in mercury, but a Chicago Tribune investigation late last ...
Topics: marine life, news, toxics (all these topics)

He Who Pays the Piper Calls the Tuna California loses suit to make tuna companies issue mercury warnings		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 ...
Topics: California, food and agriculture, marine life, news, toxics (all these topics)

Fin and Dandy Low-mercury fish label debuts in Northern California		28 Feb 2006	Daily Grist
Fin and Dandy Low-mercury fish label debuts in Northern California If you love fish but avoid it because you're worried about high mercury content, you may be in luck -- if you live in Northern California, that is. Pacific Seafood Group, a large fish wholesaler, has partnered with Holiday Quality Foods, a chain of 19 grocery stores in rural Northern California, to test-market fish labeled as low-mercury. Fish to be s ...
Topics: California, marine life, news, toxics (all these topics)

Toxic Femmes SoCal sewage is feminizing bottom fish		14 Nov 2005	Daily Grist
Toxic Femmes SoCal sewage is feminizing bottom fish Like many of their land-bound counterparts, male fish off the coast of Southern California are developing female sex characteristics. In the fishes' case it goes beyond metrosexuality -- we're talking ovary tissue in the testes (ew). Researchers strongly suspect sewage laced with human-made hormone-disrupting chemicals. Two separate studies, one in the field and one ...
Topics: California, marine life, news, toxics (all these topics)

Looney Tuna Feds, pressured by industry, lax in warning public about mercury in tuna		01 Aug 2005	Daily Grist
Looney Tuna Feds, pressured by industry, lax in warning public about mercury in tuna The Wall Street Journal today continues its series on toxic chemicals and human health by taking a hard look at some fishy dealings concerning tuna and mercury. For years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has known that canned tuna contains mercury. A mercury risk assessment from the U.S. EPA strongly suggested that children and women of chi ...
Topics: marine life, news, toxics (all these topics)

A Little Crab'll Do Ya New Chesapeake Bay conservation ads appeal to appetites		29 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
A Little Crab'll Do Ya New Chesapeake Bay conservation ads appeal to appetites The Chesapeake Bay Program's current public-education campaign features the catchy, slogan "Save the Crabs ... Then Eat 'Em," sure to enrage easily enraged animal-rights activists everywhere. Via billboards, TV commercials, and print ads, the campaign asks area residents to wait until fall to fertiliz ...
Topics: advertising, animal welfare, business, marine life, news, toxics (all these topics)

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