print email comment close Brain Food: What Women Should Know About Mercury Contamination in Fish URL: http://www.ewg.org/node/8145 Description: This 2001 report by the Environmental Working Group and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group documents the dangers, especially to pregnant women and nursing mothers, of mercury in some fish species and the need for expanded regulatory safeguards. Includes list of fish to avoid eating. Author: Bauman, Jeremiah; Wolk, Julie; Houlihan, Jane; Wiles, Richard Publisher: Environmental Working Group (EWG); U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG) Library of Congress Subject Headings: Mercury -- Environmental aspects Pregnancy -- Complications Seafood -- Contamination LII Database Information: Record 11153 created by Douglas Smith on 11/23/2003 Last modification on 06/18/2007 Last review by Charlotte Bagby on 03/20/2007 Charlotte Bagby on 03/20/2007 Published: 11/23/2003   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/11153