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Mercury in Fish: Your Questions Answered
URL: http://www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/faq/mercuryfish/

Description:
Questions and answers about elevated mercury levels found in certain large predatory fish such as shark, marlin, swordfish, and tuna. Discusses the risks to pregnant and breast-feeding women. From the British Food Standards Agency (FSA), "an independent food safety watchdog."

Publisher:
Food Standards Agency

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Mercury -- Environmental aspects
Pregnancy -- Complications
Seafood -- Contamination

LII Database Information:
Record 5506 created by Douglas Smith on 11/23/2003
Last modification on 08/11/2004
Published: 11/23/2003  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/5506