Courtesy WFOR-TV

It’s one of the healthiest food choices you can make, but this news series exposes potentially alarming levels of mercury in some kinds of fish. Some estimates say at least 7 million American women have mercury levels higher than what the government says is safe. Michele Gillen traveled the country to reveal this national problem that’s also right here in our own backyard. “Mercury Rising” goes beyond the headlines of a provocative study and a doctor whose work may change the way the nation chooses fish.

Important Phone Numbers

Florida Poison Control Center
(800) 222-1222

Environmental Working Group
(202) 667-6982 / (510) 444-0973

U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Food Information Line (24 hrs/day)

(888) SAFE-FOOD

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(202) 272-0167

Mercury Policy Project
(802) 223-9000

Florida PIRG
(850) 224-3321

California Attorney General's Office
(800) 952-5225

Senator Patrick Leahy
(202) 224-4242

U.S. Tuna Foundation
(202) 857-0610

 

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