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Balancing the Risks and Benefits of Fish Consumption
- Luanne K. Williams, PharmD
- From North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Raleigh, NC 27699-1912.
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TO THE EDITOR:
I would like to address some misstatements in Jennifer Fisher Wilson's article on the risks and benefits of fish consumption (1). First, the article incorrectly states that methylmercury reaches its highest levels in bottom-feeders, such as crab. Actually, high levels generally occur in long-lived predatory fish, not in bottom-feeders. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the state of North Carolina recommend that children and women of childbearing age consume crab because of its low reported methylmercury levels (2-4). The FDA collected 59 blue, king, and snow crab samples between 1990 and 2002. …
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