AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
FDA Advises Pregnant, Nursing Women to Avoid Certain Fish.
WASHINGTON -- Pregnant and lactating women should exclude shark, swordfish, king mackerel, and tilefish from their diets, the Food and Drug Administration said in a warning issued last month.
The warning also applies to women of childbearing age who might become pregnant.
These types of fish contain a high level of methyl mercury the form of mercury that can be harmful to the developing fetal nervous system. Because these fish feed on smaller fish, they contain the highest levels of methyl mercury "and therefore pose the greatest risk to the unborn child," the FDA said in a statement.
In the statement, the FDA advised women to eat other types of fish instead, such as shellfish, canned fish, smaller ocean fish, and farm-raised fish. Women can "safely" eat an average of 12 ounces of cooked fish per week, the statement said. A typical serving of fish is about 3-6 ounces.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest, a Washington-based consumer advocacy organization, has said that the FDA warning should apply to tuna as well. Tuna in the form of steaks or sushi can contain methyl mercury levels that exceed the action level set by the FDA, said Caroline Smith DeWaal, director of food safety at ...
- FDA announces Foods Advisory Committee to meet on methyl mercury in seafood.
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire March 4, 2002 700+ words
...the way in which FDA reached its conclusions on methyl mercury in seafood for this...conclusions about methyl mercury in fish, FDA met with a broad...public health issue. FDA expects to hold the meeting on methyl mercury in seafood later...
- FDA announces advisory on methyl mercury in fish.
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire January 15, 2001 700+ words
M2 PRESSWIRE-15 January 2001-US FDA: FDA announces advisory on methyl mercury in fish (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...of fish that may contain high levels of methyl mercury. The FDA is advising these women not to eat shark...
- FDA's advisory on methyl mercury and fish consumption still OK.(Food and Drug...
- Newspaper article from: Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA September 15, 2002 700+ words
...remarks at a meeting of FDA's Food Advisory Committee...Consumer Advisory regarding methyl mercury and fish recently...with any assertion that FDA's fish consumption...the necessary advice on methyl mercury and fish consumption...agency - particularly FDA - would not only ...
- FDA's advisory on methyl mercury and fish consumption still OK.
- Newspaper article from: Health & Medicine Week September 9, 2002 700+ words
...remarks at a meeting of FDA's Food Advisory Committee...Consumer Advisory regarding methyl mercury and fish recently...with any assertion that FDA's fish consumption...the necessary advice on methyl mercury and fish consumption...agency - particularly FDA - would not only ...
- FDA's Consumer Advisory on Methyl Mercury and Fish Consumption 'Provides Sound,...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire July 25, 2002 700+ words
...remarks at a meeting of FDA's Food Advisory Committee...Consumer Advisory regarding methyl mercury and fish, held July...with any assertion that FDA's fish consumption...the necessary advice on methyl mercury and fish consumption...agency -- particularly FDA -- would not only ...
- Consumer Group Praises FDA's Fish and Seafood Advisory; Today's Methyl Mercury...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire March 19, 2004 700+ words
...Administration's (FDA) revised Dietary Advisory on Methyl Mercury in Fish and...high levels of methyl mercury." Just recently...wrote to Acting FDA Commissioner...associated with methyl mercury consumption...NCL is pleased FDA differentiated...
- Shimshack, Ward, and Beatty examine responses to a national FDA advisory that...
- Magazine article from: NBER Reporter June 22, 2005 700+ words
...Shimshack, Ward, and Beatty examine responses to a national FDA advisory that urged at-risk individuals to limit store-bought fish consumption because of the dangers of methyl-mercury. The authors find that both education and newspaper readership...
- ....The Food and Drug Administration advised pregnant women and women of...
- Magazine article from: The Food Institute Report January 22, 2001 700+ words
...certain kinds of fish that may contain high levels of methyl mercury. The FDA is advising these women not to eat shark, swordfish...As a matter of prudent public health advice, the FDA is also recommending that nursing mothers and young...
