Is it high or is it low? CSPI urges FDA to provide clear information about mercury in fish

摘要

When it comes to understanding the government's advice on mercury in seafood, most Americans are hopelessly, and justifiably, lost at sea, according to new survey commissioned by the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI). Two years after the government advisory was first released, only one in five consumers correctly identified swordfish, shark, or king mackerel as the fish highest in mercury. Confusion over low-mercury containing species was equally evident. While 21 percent ofconsumers identified salmon as having high mercury levels, another 21 percent believed it has low mercury levels. Salmon, as well as shrimp, catfish, and pollock, contains low levels of mercury.