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Activists: Sayonara to Brain Food

A new insult to common sense came yesterday from the Sea Turtle Restoration Project (STRP), in the form of an alarmist report about trace levels of…
Posted August 31, 2006 at12:00 am

CCF Op-ed: Mercury Scares Mislead American Consumers

In the wake of last week’s Wisconsin-based international doom-and-gloom conference on mercury, we thought a bit of common sense was overdue. So we were pleased on Saturday when…
Posted August 14, 2006 at12:00 am

Selenium-Palooza: Day Four At The Mercury Conference

The Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant was abuzz on Thursday with talk about selenium — an essential nutrient, plentiful in most fish, which just…
Posted August 11, 2006 at12:00 am

Credibility Crumbles: Day Three At The Mercury Conference

Some activists seem to work extra hard to shred their own public credibility. At the International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant in Madison, Wisconsin, the…
Posted August 10, 2006 at12:00 am

Day Two: Mercury Conference Meets Media Reality-Check

Oddly, yesterday’s big news about mercury and fish didn’t come out of Madison, Wisconsin, where academics are gathered for an international conference on “Mercury as a Global Pollutant.”…
Posted August 9, 2006 at12:00 am

Day One At The Mercury Conference(s)

This week we bring you inside the International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant. Sound boring? Not a chance. This is where the best-laid plans of…
Posted August 8, 2006 at12:00 am

The Flip Side of Mercury

Amidst the clamor from overeager “public advocates,” regulation-prone officials, and ill-informed investigators, it’s hard to get an accurate picture of the most recent activist…
Posted August 7, 2006 at12:00 am

Mercury Rising Overseas? Not Really.

To hear Defenders of Wildlife tell it (in a report released this week in conjuction with the Mercury Policy Project and the Center for Science in…
Posted July 13, 2006 at12:00 am

CCF Makes Unborn Children Smarter

We recently received a letter from Victoria, an expectant mother who spent some time this weekend exploring FishScam.com, our website dedicated to debunking the hype surrounding trace levels of…
Posted July 5, 2006 at12:00 am

REPORT: Capital Fish Get A Clean Bill of Health

Today the Center for Consumer Freedom unveils Safe Fish, our comprehensive investigation into mercury levels of fish sold in the Washington, DC area. Working with a well-regarded…
Posted June 21, 2006 at12:00 am