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Today Gets It Wrong on Fish and Mercury… Again

In the last five months, we've had quite a few reasons to be disappointed with Today Show anchors, reporters and producers over errors they’ve made about fish consumption.  We first tangled with Today dietitian Joy Bauer over seafood and mercury beginning last March (click here,

Great Schools Gets an "F" on Tuna and Mercury

We recently came across another of those “lists” that the media is so famous for.  In this case, the culprit was a Web site called Great Schools and its five foods for school children to avoid.  Included in the list was micro

On Tuna And Sustainability

Yesterday at Greenpeace UK, posted an item on tuna and sustainability and not surprisingly it fails to tell the whole story.

AOL Falls Victim To Hype And Hysteria

AOL’s coverage of the Gulf from a food safety perspective has been thorough and accurate. But this article unfortunately plays right into the hyperbole and hysteria created by Food & Water Watch with little or no perspective on the realities of imported seafood.

A Seal of Disapproval for Good Housekeeping

Earlier this year NFI tangled with the Las Vegas Review-Journal over its reporting on a University of Nevada Las Vegas study about mercury in canned tuna.  You can click

Jillian Michaels is Not a Registered Dietitian

I'm sure many of you are familiar with Jillian Michaels, better known as a personal trainer who appears on the NBC Television program The Biggest Loser.  As it turns out, Michaels has quite a following of her own on Facebook, and she recently told her fans that she was cutting down on tuna after tests rev

Dr. Oz Back On The Radar (Part II)

It would appear that Dr. Oz is at it again... and so are we. Have a look at our latest letter:August 18, 2010Mr. Glenn MottManaging Editor and Director of PublishingKing Features300 West 57th Street 15th FloorNew York, NY 10019-5238Dear Mr. Mott, 

Cosa Nostra meet… Greenpeace?

In case you missed the piece in the Toronto Sun about Greenpeace I have to say it’s a must read.

Renowned University Corrects Doctor Oz

I know I don't have to remind our readers that we've had to confront Dr. Mehmet Oz, better known to millions as television's Dr. Oz, over a number of errors and distortions he's committed during the course of this year.  And though it's taken some time, it appears that others have started to notice what we've been writing about.

The One, Two, Omega Three punch of Tuna and Salmon

In the final 15 minutes of yesterday's edition of Today, the show's diet and nutrition expert, Joy Bauer, appeared in a segment that examined the five foods kids should be eating.  The question is getting a lot of attention these days thanks to all the reporting about
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