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| February 06, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2009 PR Newswire Association LLC. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Tuna Foundation, the trade association representing the domestic tuna processing industry, today challenged new assertions that unborn babies may be exposed to methyl mercury if during pregnancy their mothers consume many varieties of fish, including canned tuna.

Responding to new reports that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) believes that an estimated 630,000 U.S. babies may be exposed to levels of mercury in the womb that would put them at risk for neurological problems, USTF stated that this estimate is not backed by any real science, and in fact, is not backed by EPA as official policy. Rather, USTF reports…

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