High mercury levels found in fish and people
Study: majority of fish contaminated with mercury
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Posted: 01/15/2013
We always hear that fish is a healthy option, but it may not be as good for you as experts thought. A new study finds widespread, unsafe levels of mercury in fish.
Research by the Biodiversity Research Institute found more than 82% of human hair samples from eight countries exceeded typically safe levels of mercury by the Environmental Protection Agency. It found people and marine ecosystems across the world are contaminated with mercury -- and levels in people and fish regularly exceed what is considered safe.
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