Jul 13 2006
Mercury in Light Tuna
GUEST: Caroline Smith De Waal, Director of Food Safety, Center for Science in the Public Interest.
Defenders of Wildlife, in partnership with the Center for Science in the Public Interest and the Mercury Policy Project, has released a new ground-breaking study on high mercury levels in light canned tuna. The study has found that the 2004 guidelines issued by the Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency for consumption of tuna are insufficient in providing consumer protection. Their research has found that the EPA/FDA guidelines fail to test imported tuna, which makes up over half of canned light tuna found in U.S. grocery stores. Testing has shown that imported tuna is much more likely to have higher mercury levels. Pending revisions in the guidelines, Defenders of Wildlife and its partners suggest consuming no more that one can of light tuna per week for adults and no more half a can per week for children.
For more information, visit www.cspinet.org. Read the report on tuna here.
One Response to “Mercury in Light Tuna”
Hello – I came across this show excerpt and noted that you dealt heavily with the issues surrounding mercury in tuna. My company represents the United States Tuna Foundation and I thought you might be interested in seeing their position on some of the recent information available at Tunafacts.org. Thanks – and happy blogging!
Marc