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Regular seafood consumption is linked with optimal health from birth to old age, head to toe. Fetal brain development, heart health, and brain health as we age are all home runs. But one area the jury...
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Safe Harbor: Marketing or Misinformation?
A quick review of the Safe Harbor Certified Seafood Web site reveals an attack on canned tuna that employs overt exaggeration and misinformation. It begs the question-how low is Safe Harbor willing t...
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Health Press Release
New Flyer Encourages Pregnant Women to Eat Fish
October 6, 2008 Boston, MA Grocery stores and nutrition educators now have access to a new nutrition education flyer that helps moms and moms-to-be understand the important benefits of eating seafood...
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Uncategorized Blog
A few weeks ago, we shared a preview of a Mother Jones article about Tuna and Mercury. Now, Mother Jones made the entire article available via the Web. Now that the piece is going to be distributed to...
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Uncategorized Blog
Oceana’s Problem with the Mercury Messenger
When we deliver the real facts about mercury in fish, backed up by the latest science, it appears groups like Oceana don't like it too much. Case in point; back on September 17th the Fort Myers News P...
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A Closer Look at The Mercury Menace (Part II)
Still no word from the Chicago Tribune on our multiple requests for a review of Michael Hawthorne's latest story about mercury in seafood, so let's continue to look at some of his previous work. Back...
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Health Press Release
Eating Fish During Pregnancy Helps Babies Reach Milestones
September 10, 2008 Washington, DC A study just released in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition finds moms who eat more fish, as well as moms who breastfeed the longest, have babies with better...
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(Part III) Chicago Tribune Publishes Another Alarmist Mercury in Fish Story
We heard back from the Chicago Tribune last night. Take a look at what they wrote: Mr. Gibbons: Michael Hawthorne and I have gone over your letter at length and reviewed the concerns you raised. I f...
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(Part II) Chicago Tribune Publishes Another Alarmist Mercury in Fish Story
On the first day this blog went live I wrote that we "hope to change the dialog that often accompanies stories about seafood. It's no longer about whether we like or agree with a story. It's about whe...
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Chicago Tribune Publishes Another Alarmist Mercury in Fish Story
In 2005 environmental reporter Michael Hawthorne published a series of sensationalized stories about mercury in seafood that ran under the shocking headline "The Mercury Menace" and warned of the "Tox...