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Mercury levels vary in tuna
United Press International
Tuesday, February 10, 2004
ASTORIA, Ore., Feb 10, 2004 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- Sharply varying levels of mercury in tuna are complicating health officials' efforts to get accurate advice to consumers, researchers said Tuesday.
Researchers at Oregon State University have found mercury concentrations in a sample of 91 albacore tuna caught off the West Coast to be about half the level cited by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as typical, the Portland Oregonian reported Tuesday.
High mercury levels can be dangerous, especially to children and pregnant women.
The findings emphasize the difficulty facing health authorities as they try to clarify confusion about the risks of mercury.
"Trying to apply a generic warning, a one-size-fits-all approach, that's very challenging," said William Lambert, an environmental epidemiologist at Oregon Health & Science University's Center for Research in Occupational and Environmental Toxicology.
Copyright 2004 by United Press International.
United Press International
Tuesday, February 10, 2004
ASTORIA, Ore., Feb 10, 2004 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- Sharply varying levels of mercury in tuna are complicating health officials' efforts to get accurate advice to consumers, researchers said Tuesday.
Researchers at Oregon State University have found mercury concentrations in a sample of 91 albacore tuna caught off the West Coast to be about half the level cited by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as typical, the Portland Oregonian reported Tuesday.
High mercury levels can be dangerous, especially to children and pregnant women.
The findings emphasize the difficulty facing health authorities as they try to clarify confusion about the risks of mercury.
"Trying to apply a generic warning, a one-size-fits-all approach, that's very challenging," said William Lambert, an environmental epidemiologist at Oregon Health & Science University's Center for Research in Occupational and Environmental Toxicology.
Copyright 2004 by United Press International.
