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10/2 For a normal adult, what is the maximum amount of canned tuna that is
safe to eat on a regular basis to avoid problems with mercury?
\_ IIRC it's about a can/week and you're pushing it. But really,
mercury never leaves your system once you've got it so it builds up
over time. The Mad Hatter was insane because he was a hatter and
they used mercury in the dying process for hats in that era. Just
something to think about when having your next tuna roll.
\_ http://www.nrdc.org/health/effects/mercury/tuna.asp
\_ http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/food/fish-safety-704-fish-tuna-mercury/overview/index.htm
\_ From consumer reports: http://csua.org/u/h3j |
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| www.nrdc.org/health/effects/mercury/tuna.asp En Espaol PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY Eating Tuna Safely This table provides guidelines on how much canned tuna it is safe to eat, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. While mercury poses the most serious health threat to children and women who are pregnant or planning to become pregnant, others may also wish to use this list as a guide. If you weigh: Don't eat more than one can every: White Albacore Chunk Light 20 lbs 10 weeks 3 weeks 30 lbs 6 weeks 2 weeks 40 lbs 5 weeks 11 days 50 lbs 4 weeks 9 days 60 lbs 3 weeks 7 days 70 lbs 3 weeks 6 days 80 lbs 2 weeks 6 days 90 lbs 2 weeks 5 days 100 lbs 2 weeks 5 days 110 lbs 12 days 4 days 120 lbs 11 days 4 days 130 lbs 10 days 4 days 140 lbs 10 days 3 days 150+ lbs 9 days 3 days Source: Food and Drug Administration test results for mercury and fish, and the Environmental Protection Agency's determination of safe levels of mercury. |
| www.consumerreports.org/cro/food/fish-safety-704-fish-tuna-mercury/overview/index.htm vertical2ads-lower-ad Is the government too lax in advice on tuna consumption? This spring, two federal agencies issued the government's first advisory on limits for safe amounts of tuna to eat, because of its mercury content. The Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency say that women of childbearing age, pregnant women, nursing mothers, and young children should eat no more than 6 ounces of tuna steak or canned white albacore tuna per week. But the government's advice is at odds with a longstanding EPA safety assessment, which suggests that the limit should be just 3 ounces of albacore a week. That's the amount recommended by the food-safety experts at Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports. They say that if women of childbearing age eat albacore, any other fish they eat that week should be very low-mercury (see the table below). We recommend that young children not eat albacore at all. Ads from the US Tuna Foundation, a trade group, try to put the government advisory in a very rosy light. One ad says, among other things, that mercury levels in albacore are "well below government standards." But the government has set no safety standards for mercury in albacore or any other fish. The government's advisory said that women of childbearing age and young children should not eat king mackerel, shark, swordfish, or tilefish. However, they may eat up to 12 ounces a week of lower-mercury fish. Fish sticks and fish sandwiches typically served in restaurants are made from low-mercury fish. ALTERNATIVES Women of childbearing age should choose from the very low-mercury alternatives to tuna listed here. Young children who eat four or more 3-ounce servings of fish a week should be served only types with a mercury concentration of less than 005 parts per million. |
| csua.org/u/h3j -> www.consumerreports.org/cro/food/fish-safety-704-fish-tuna-mercury/overview/index.htm vertical2ads-lower-ad Is the government too lax in advice on tuna consumption? This spring, two federal agencies issued the government's first advisory on limits for safe amounts of tuna to eat, because of its mercury content. The Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency say that women of childbearing age, pregnant women, nursing mothers, and young children should eat no more than 6 ounces of tuna steak or canned white albacore tuna per week. But the government's advice is at odds with a longstanding EPA safety assessment, which suggests that the limit should be just 3 ounces of albacore a week. That's the amount recommended by the food-safety experts at Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports. They say that if women of childbearing age eat albacore, any other fish they eat that week should be very low-mercury (see the table below). We recommend that young children not eat albacore at all. Ads from the US Tuna Foundation, a trade group, try to put the government advisory in a very rosy light. One ad says, among other things, that mercury levels in albacore are "well below government standards." But the government has set no safety standards for mercury in albacore or any other fish. The government's advisory said that women of childbearing age and young children should not eat king mackerel, shark, swordfish, or tilefish. However, they may eat up to 12 ounces a week of lower-mercury fish. Fish sticks and fish sandwiches typically served in restaurants are made from low-mercury fish. ALTERNATIVES Women of childbearing age should choose from the very low-mercury alternatives to tuna listed here. Young children who eat four or more 3-ounce servings of fish a week should be served only types with a mercury concentration of less than 005 parts per million. |