Guidelines on Mercury
The joint Food and Drug Administration and Environmental Protection Agency guidance also told women of child-bearing age to avoid shark, swordfish, king mackerel and tilefish because of the high levels of mercury.
The controversial recommendation regarding tuna was immediately attacked as inadequate by a member of the FDA advisory panel that addressed it. University of Arizona toxicologist Vas Aposhian today resigned from the panel, saying that the advisory did not reflect the experts' view that child-bearing women and children should not eat albacore tuna at all and should eat less light tuna than the advisory states.
"We wanted albacore on the list of fish not to eat," Aposhian said. "We knew that wouldn't happen because of the pressure from the industry...
Marc Kaufman/Washingtom Post Mar.19.04
