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Mercury in fish

Friday, May 11 at 11:19 AM

Edwin H. Bentzen of Arvada writes:

Mr. Hartman, I read your article in the Saturday Rocky Mt. News with interest, the first time. Then I read it again looking for specific information. Then I read it a third time. All of these readings failed to reveal three very important points of information.
First, what was the level of mercury measured in the fish? What were the species of fish and the level in each of these species? Second, what is the recommended maximum level of mercury allowed by the State and Federal agencies for these species of fish? What level of mercury is typically measured in fish? You may want to visit the web sites http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~frf/sea-mehg.html or http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~frf/seamehg2.html.
And third, what is the level of mercury found in other foods and over-the-counter supplements? If you want to compare these fish to other foods you should have a basis of comparison. You may also want to visit http://www.healthy.net/scr/Article.asp?Id=1852&xcntr=1 for medical information on the amount of mercury in foods and in our body and where it comes from.
If your paper is going to give you 13½ inches of column space, they should at least make you include information for a person to decide if it should be of concern to them. If you had taken the time to search even the web for more facts and included them in the article, the column would have been more informative.

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READER COMMENTS

You gotta put Mercury on your list!

Posted by [Cheech and Chong] Running Hot on May 11, 2007 10:51 PM

Alright Edwin!!!!
There are people out there who think for them selves, YEAH!!
Everyone is not as dumb as the RMN, thinks they are. You have restored my faith in the human race!
Now if only we could get a majority of folks to start to ask some questions, and follow them up. Obviously the press is not asking the right questions.
WELL DONE EDWIN!!!!

Posted by farmer on May 12, 2007 08:52 AM