OT:Fish Warning from Toronto Health

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Mercury in fish brings warning

Pregnant women, kids told of risks

City goes further than Ottawa does

These recommendations are in a new Toronto Public Health report

regarding

fish with high levels of mercury ( these include shark, swordfish and

fresh or frozen tuna)

" We're saying (pregnant women, women in child-bearing years, nursing

women and young children) should avoid them completely, or eat them

less frequently than once a month, " Loren Vanderlinden, supervisor of

environmental health assessment and policy for Toronto Public Health,

said in an interview yesterday.

Vanderlinden said new research on the subject has enabled the city's

report to fill in " gaps " in health warnings about mercury in fish.

Carol F.

Celiac, MCS, Latex Allergy, EMS

SCD 6 years