A new study in the Feb 2010 issue of Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry found that mercury in tuna is higher than expected.
Tuna is not on the warning list and advocate groups have warned early that some brands of tuna are high in mercury and asked the Food and Drug Administration to update its fish consumption advisory which was jointly issued by the FDA and the Environmental Protection Agency.
The current EPA/FDA fish consumption advisory issued in 2004 says that women and young children should not eat shark, swordfish, king mackerel or Tilefish because they contain high levels of mercury.
However, the advisory also suggests that women and children benefit from eating fish, and should include up to 12 ounces a week of a variety of fish and shellfish that are lower in mercury including the five most commonly eaten types – shrimp, canned light tuna, salmon, Pollock and catfish.
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