UK food watchdog warns of mercury risk in tuna
LONDON - Pregnant women, breastfeeding women and those planning babies should limit their consumption of tuna because mercury found in the fish could present a health hazard, Britain's Food Standards Agency said. The groups concerned are advised to eat no more than two medium-sized cans of tuna a week...infants and children under 16 were still warned to avoid eating shark, swordfish and marlin, which have levels of mercury approximately 5-7 times higher than canned tuna and 2-4 times higher than fresh tuna, the agency said.
- - - Reuters 19 Feb 2003 / Planetark.org/
