With its booming seafood economy, the oceanfront wonderland of Maine was the last place we expected to see scientifically challenged fearmongering about fish. But a coalition of activist groups called…
"Consumers have good reason to steer clear of fish." That’s the bizarre verdict of Amy Lanou, a nutritionist with the animal-rights Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM). We’ve…
When the Chicago Tribune printed a story this month advising pregnant women not (we repeat, not) to remove fish from their diets, it wasn’t exactly front-page news. But it…
It’s that time of year again, when the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) goes north of the border to bully the Canadian government. HSUS says it…
Yesterday Canada’s national public health agency adjusted its standards for trace levels of mercury in several kinds of fish. Based on recent science (click here, here, and…
OK — you’re still confused about harmless traces of mercury that have always been in the fish you eat. A major Harvard study concluded that the health benefits…
News flash: The global panic about mercury in fish can be traced back to a single scientific study whose participants got nearly all their dietary mercury from…
We’ve never been big fans of activists who hawk mercury-in-fish fears. They’re perfect examples of agenda-driven extremists who keep flogging their message despite what science has to say. Over…
Last May, when a judge ruled against California Attorney General Bill Lockyer’s attempt to force mercury "warning" labels on cans of tuna, we thought we’d heard the last of…
This morning the Institute of Medicine (IOM, a division of the National Academy of Sciences) released the results of an 18-month-long examination of the health implications…
