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Tell Walmart: Post Seafood Warnings!
Target: Walmart
Sponsored by: Oceana
Sponsored by: Oceana
Oceana is asking grocery stores to protect kids from mercury in fish by posting the Food and Drug Administration's mercury advice at their seafood displays. Over a third of the major grocery companies are on board but retailing behemoth Walmart has not agreed to post signs at its Walmart Supercenters or Sam's Club stores.
An EPA scientist has estimated that one in ten women of childbearing age has enough mercury in her body to pose neurological risks to her developing baby. Clearly, many families remain unaware of the ongoing risk of mercury in seafood and how to avoid it. Because mercury can harm a young child or unborn baby's developing nervous system, the FDA has issued advice for women of child-bearing age and children to avoid or limit their consumption of certain fish that are contaminated with elevated levels of mercury.
Women need to know this information when buying seafood! Tell Walmart to post mercury signs at their stores.
An EPA scientist has estimated that one in ten women of childbearing age has enough mercury in her body to pose neurological risks to her developing baby. Clearly, many families remain unaware of the ongoing risk of mercury in seafood and how to avoid it. Because mercury can harm a young child or unborn baby's developing nervous system, the FDA has issued advice for women of child-bearing age and children to avoid or limit their consumption of certain fish that are contaminated with elevated levels of mercury.
Women need to know this information when buying seafood! Tell Walmart to post mercury signs at their stores.
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consumers need to know exactly what is in the food they purchase!
consumers need to know exactly what is in the food they purchase!
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