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| Tests show top tuna brands have high mercury levels |
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| Wednesday, 10 February 2010 19:03 | |||
Researchers from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), found that 55 percent of the samples had mercury levels higher than the EPA standard of 0.5 parts per million (ppm) and 5 percent had levels higher than the 1.0 ppm safety level set by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for commercially sold fish. The health effects of mercury poisoning include central nervous system damage, hearing loss and vision problems....Read Full Article 
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Tests on more than 300 samples of canned tuna from the top three brands in the United States revealed that more than half contained mercury levels above what's considered safe by the Environmental Protection Agency.
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