You are here: Home / Pathogens and Contaminants / Chemical and Phyisical Contaminants / Mercury in Fish Resource List     Briefly discusses the issue of mercury levels in fish and provides access to online resources, such as events, reports, and related journals. On this page...General Information/FactsheetsReportsOrganizations/AgenciesDatabases/ListservesJournals/BooksNewsletters/Press ReleasesEducation General Information/Factsheets An Important Message for Pregnant Women and Women of Childbearing Age who may become Pregnant about the Risks of Mercury in Fish FDA. Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. Fish, Mercury and Your Health Fact Sheet (PDF) Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. Food Safety Facts on Mercury and Fish Consumption Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Great Lakes Initiative Fact Sheet: Final Regulation to Ban Mixing Zones in the Great Lakes Environmental Protection Agency. Mercury in Fish Factsheet (PDF) Food Standards Australia New Zealand. Mercury Levels in Commercial Fish and Shellfish FDA. Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. Mercury: Public Health Guidance Note (PDF) Queensland Government. Queensland Health. Methlymercury Fact Sheet Environmental Protection Agency. Methylmercury in Fish (PDF) University of Hawaii at Manoa/College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources Methylmercury in Fish: The Facts National Center for Policy Research for Women & Families. Washington State Fish Advisory for Mercury Washington State Department of Health. Reports Examining Fish Consumption Advisories Related to Mercury Contamination in Canada Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Rationale for Issuance on Revised Advisory on Methylmercury and Fish Consumption (PDF) FDA. Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. Technical Report:Mercury in the Environment: Implications for Pediatricians (PDF) American Academy of Pediatrics.     Conference/Forum: Proceedings on the Conference of Mercury in Northeast Canada and the Northeast States Environment Canada.     Guidelines/Regulations: Compendium of Fish and Fishery Product Processes, Hazards and Controls - National Seafood HACCP Alliance for Training and Education: Chapter 25 - Methly Mercury Seafood Network Information Center. What You Need to Know About Mercury in Fish and Shellfish - 2004 EPA and FDA Advice For: Women Who Might Become Pregnant, Woman Who are Pregnant, Nursing Mothers, and Young Children EPA & FDA     Annual/Progress: FoodNet Annual Reports and MMWR Foodnet Surveillance Summaries DHHS. CDC. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Review. Mercury Study Report to Congress: Volumes I - VIII and White Paper Environmental Protection Agency. Organizations/Agencies Environmental Protection Agency: Mercury European Cetacean Bycatch Campaign: Toxins in Fish Zero Mercury Campaign (A coalition of publice interest organizations in the six New England states) Databases Mercury Reduction Programs Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association. Seafood Selector Environmental Defense. Journals/Books AGRICOLA - Article Citation Database USDA. National Agricultural Library. AGRICOLA - NAL Catalog USDA. National Agricultural Library. Journal of Environmental Assessment, Policy, and Management (JEAPM) Journal of Environmental Monitoring (JEM) PubMED NIH. National Library of Medicine. Toxicological Effects of Methylmercury Commission on Life Sciences. 2000. Toxicological Effects of Methylmercury. Washington, DC: National Academy of Sciences. Newsletters/Press Releases FDA and EPA Announced the Revised Consumer Advisory on Methylmercury in Fish DHHS. Food and Drug Administration. FDA Announces Comprehensive Foods Advisory on Methylmercury DHHS. Food and Drug Administration. FDA to Re-evaulate Fish Consumption Guidelines Leatherhead Food International. Foodline Web. Fish with High Mercury Levels ups Risk of Heart Disease Leatherhead Food International. Foodline Web. Mercury Food Alert Issued for Swordfish, Shark Florida Museum of Natural History. Synchrotron Science Helps Identify Mercury in Fish University of Saskatchewan. This document was created by Tara Smith. Users are encouraged to provide feedback and comments. This document was created in Sep 2003; Updated in May 2007.

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