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December 30th, 2008

FDA Pushing Plan to Promote Mercury-Laced Seafood Diet for Pregnant Women and Children.

Documents obtained by Environmental Working Group (EWG) show that officials at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are pressing to reverse the agency’s current recommendations that pregnant women and children limit their seafood consumption due to risks of exposure to mercury – an extremely harmful neurotoxin found at high levels in a number of popular [...]

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July 04th, 2008

Quick Green Reads For The Weekend Volume Seventy Two.

Here are a couple of articles that caught my eye when I had a chance to catch up on some green reading the last couple of days here from my camping chair!
A new study out of the University of Washington has found that penguin populations are plummeting due to climate change, pollution and other factors [...]

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April 13th, 2008

EarthTalk: Avoiding Dangerous And Unhealthy Seafood.

EarthTalk is a weekly installment from E/The Environmental Magazine.

Dear EarthTalk: How can I find out which seafood to avoid if I am concerned about lessening my impact on the environment and avoiding consuming unhealthy pollutants?
Several decades ago a fish-centric diet was considered to be not only healthy but also environmentally friendly. But today those of [...]

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