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Revisiting Safe Harbor Seafood

We've featured several items about Safe Harbor Seafood on this blog in the recent past.  It's a company that's been trying to make a buck off of the misinformation that environmental activists peddle about mercury and fish (click here, here and here for details).

AOL Columnist Hooked On Half Truths

If you stumbled upon Sally Deneen's AOL column published under the banner Green Police, there are a number of things you should keep in mind. Because apparently the eco cops asked Sally to remain silent on a few issues of fact that she is aware of, but chose to leave out.

A Seal of Disapproval for Good Housekeeping (Part II)

So, it’s been a few days since we blogged about Good Housekeeping’s write-up on tuna and we thought perhaps it was time to reach out directly to the folks who affix that well known seal to products we use everyday.

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 III)

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, 

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