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Studies tip scales: Seafood benefits outweigh the risks, scientists decide.
Byline: Dennis O'Brien
Oct. 18--Confused about fish? Just eat it, the government says -- unless you're a child, you're pregnant or you're a nursing mother. And even then, you can eat most of it. That's the advice from two scientific teams that released reports yesterday designed to help consumers balance the health benefits of fish against the risks from trace amounts of mercury, PCBs, dioxin and other toxins. The reports say that seafood is not only safe but highly recommended, with a few caveats for youngsters and women of child-bearing age. The Institute of Medicine, a national panel of distinguished physicians and researchers that advises the country on health matters, produced the report in an effort to clear the air after years of studies suggesting that some seafood is not safe. The study recommends that children under 13 and women who are pregnant, nursing or could become pregnant should limit their intake of tuna and avoid eating large, predatory fish such as shark and swordfish. These fish tend to have higher concentrations of mercury than other seafood. A Harvard study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association came to the…
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