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Inform Shoppers About Mercury in Fish!
Target: James Sinegal, Costco CEOSponsored by: Oceana
The Food and Drug Administration released guidelines on which types of fish women of child-bearing age and kids should avoid, as well as limits on how much fish is safe for them to consume. Unfortunately, not everyone knows the guidelines, and could be inadvertently putting their families at risk!
Urge Supermarkets all across the country to start posting the Food and Drug Administration's advice on mercury in fish at their seafood counters!
A number of grocery stores, like Whole Foods and Safeway, have started informing customers about mercury by posting signs at their seafood counters, but many others are not following suit. Everyone who eats seafood should know how to protect their families from mercury contamination - regardless of where they shop!
Why? A scientist with the EPA has estimated that one in six women has enough mercury in her body to pose a neurological risk to her developing fetus - and seafood is the primary way people are exposed to mercury.
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It is a known fact that mercury is a heavy metal which leads to toxicity in humans. People need to be informed if the fish they intend to purchase for human consumption is contaminated by mercury.
It is a known fact that mercury is a heavy metal which leads to toxicity in humans. People need to be informed if the fish they intend to purchase for human consumption is contaminated by mercury.
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Any poison in the food should be required labeling. this goes for MSG too, which is disguised under hundreds of names.
Any poison in the food should be required labeling. this goes for MSG too, which is disguised under hundreds of names.