Links for more information

U.S. EPA/FDA Federal and State fish advisories

Mercury Homepage http://www.epa.gov/mercury/

General page - http://www.epa.gov/ost/fish/

Federal advisory - http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/fishadvice/advice.html

State advisories - http://www.epa.gov/ost/fish/states.htm

FDA/Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition (Find mercury levels in fish and shellfish)

http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~frf/sea-mehg.html

Environmental, Conservation and Public Health Groups

Clear the Air- The National Campaign Against Dirty Power

http://cta.policy.net/mercury

EWG - Environmental Working Group

http://www.ewg.org/issues/mercury/index.php

National Wildlife Federation

http://www.nwf.org/mercury/

Sierra Club

http://www.sierraclub.org/cleanair/mercury/

Natural Resource Defense Council

http://www.nrdc.org/mercury

Mercury Policy Project

http://www.mercurypolicy.org/

Reports and Research

Oct 14 U.S. Public Interest Research Group report on fish advisories

http://uspirg.org/uspirg.asp?id2=14588

Oct 19 National Wildlife Federation Report on Costs of Reducing Power Plant Mercury

http://www.nwf.org/nwfwebadmin/binaryVault/GettingTheJobDoneReport.pdf

National Institutes of Health Reports Mercury Levels in High-End Consumers of Fish

http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/members/2003/5837/5837.html

Hair Mercury Levels in U.S. Children and Women of Childbearing Age: Reference Range Data from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2000

http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/members/2004/7046/7046.html

Blood Organic Mercury and Dietary Mercury Intake: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999 and 2000

http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/members/2003/6587/6587.html

July 22, 2001 Seafood riddled with mercury, By BEN RAINES, Staff Reporter, Mobile Register:Tests commissioned by Register find that some popular Gulf fish contain levels exceeding federal safety standards, yet no consumption warnings have been issued for these species. http://www.al.com/specialreport/mobileregister/?merc2.html