Mercury Testing Gives Fish a Clean Bill of Health 7/11/06
The nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) released a report detailing the first comprehensive mercury testing of fish sold in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. The results are undeniably good for consumers.
Working with an independent laboratory, the Center tested 142 samples of canned tuna and fresh fish from 36 different retail stores in Washington, DC and the nearby Maryland and Virginia suburbs. Using published standards from the Food and Drug Administration as a guide, every fish sampled for this study is safe to eat.
The FDA has written that its mercury Action Level (1.0 part per million) was established "to limit consumers' methyl mercury exposure to levels 10 times lower than the lowest levels associated with adverse effects." |
