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Keep Tuna Safe for Our Families and for Dolphins
Target: Environmental Protection Agency
Sponsored by: Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
Sponsored by: Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
More than half of the tuna consumed by American families comes from non-U.S. producers. But some of these producers -- particularly in Ecuador and Mexico -- use practices that can hurt or kill dolphins and catch tuna with increased mercury levels.
In the Eastern Pacific Ocean, large, mature yellowfin tuna often swim with pods of dolphins -- a relationship that's exploited by some commercial fishers using purse-seine nets that ensnare tuna and dolphins alike. Since the late 1950s, approximately seven million dolphins have died from this practice.
The practice poses an obvious risk to dolphins, but the large tuna that swim with dolphins often contain the highest levels of mercury. So this practice not only harms dolphins, it also poses a risk to people who are unlucky enough to eat tuna caught in such a manner.
Send a message to the Environmental Protection Agency and Food and Drug Administration to improve mercury testing so we can keep tuna safe for our families and for dolphins.
In the Eastern Pacific Ocean, large, mature yellowfin tuna often swim with pods of dolphins -- a relationship that's exploited by some commercial fishers using purse-seine nets that ensnare tuna and dolphins alike. Since the late 1950s, approximately seven million dolphins have died from this practice.
The practice poses an obvious risk to dolphins, but the large tuna that swim with dolphins often contain the highest levels of mercury. So this practice not only harms dolphins, it also poses a risk to people who are unlucky enough to eat tuna caught in such a manner.
Send a message to the Environmental Protection Agency and Food and Drug Administration to improve mercury testing so we can keep tuna safe for our families and for dolphins.
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# 200:
4:23 pm PDT, Jul 20,
JAY SOLOF, Arizona
# 199:
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Alan Stout, Illinois
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4:23 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Dana Morse Ericson, Wisconsin
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4:21 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Brenda Bryant, Maine
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4:21 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Lee J. Loshak, Ph.D., New York
# 195:
4:20 pm PDT, Jul 20,
David Dooley, Virginia
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4:20 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Kim Herman, Virginia
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Betty Sabo, Nevada
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Robert Schultz, Illinois
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Vidya Sims, California
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Tasha Chenoweth, California
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Deb Cyma, Michigan
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Rose Lenart, New York
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4:14 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Michael Lichtenstein, Maryland
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Henslee Dutton, Georgia
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Robert Goldberg, New York
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J K, California
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Ashley Smeltzer, Wisconsin
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Thank you for giving your assurance that eating tuna is safe for us & safe for the dolphins. It matters.
Thank you for giving your assurance that eating tuna is safe for us & safe for the dolphins. It matters.
# 179:
4:09 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Shannon Kingslien, Minnesota
# 178:
4:08 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Nancy Callahan, California
It is well documented that mecury is showing it's ugly head with increasing numbers in the US. People are eating more tuna for it's low calorie and high Omega 3 content. Esp chilren are affected with lower tests scores and other preventable problems..maybe even Autism!
It is well documented that mecury is showing it's ugly head with increasing numbers in the US. People are eating more tuna for it's low calorie and high Omega 3 content. Esp chilren are affected with lower tests scores and other preventable problems..maybe even Autism!
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4:08 pm PDT, Jul 20,
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# 176:
4:07 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Janet Davis, Virginia
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4:05 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Vickie Kasa, Pennsylvania
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Mary Riley, California
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Donna Beasley, Pennsylvania
# 172:
4:04 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Denise Rafferty, New Jersey
# 171:
4:02 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Charles Todd, Texas
Mercury and other heavy metals are undermining the health of Americans and drastically lowering our mental capabilities. Don't allow tuna that hasn't been adequately tested for mercury to be imported for American families to eat.
Mercury and other heavy metals are undermining the health of Americans and drastically lowering our mental capabilities. Don't allow tuna that hasn't been adequately tested for mercury to be imported for American families to eat.
# 170:
4:01 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Renee Orlandi, Pennsylvania
What is wrong with people that kill the dolphins to get the tuna? -They could be killing human babies too! Please conduct research that would eliminate this risk forever!
What is wrong with people that kill the dolphins to get the tuna? -They could be killing human babies too! Please conduct research that would eliminate this risk forever!
# 169:
4:01 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Barbara Canfield, New Jersey
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Brenda Briggs, Ohio
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3:59 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Amanda Stanger, Texas
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Namita Dalal, California
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Harry Coverston, Florida
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Cecelia LaPointe, Colorado
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MaryFaith Colon, Ohio
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Laura Stevenson, Washington
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Kathy Beck, Texas
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Benazir Balani, New York
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Beverly Shientag-Betts, Arizona
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Bill Gibson, Connecticut
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Mary Baker, California
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Tammy O'Neill, California
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Cindy Benner, California
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Pamela Logan, California
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Carol Bischoff, Netherlands
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3:47 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Lori Degidio, Oregon