This summer’s amazing story about a record, 873-pound bluefin tuna caught off the coast of Delaware by a recreational angler took an unfortunate twist Tuesday, when international ocean conservation group Oceana reported that toxic mercury in its flesh tested at 2.5 parts per million, making it two and a half times higher than the Food … Read more
A coalition of environmental groups led by Oceana and the Mercury Policy Project released the results of a major, 22-state mercury testing project today, confirming that store-bought swordfish and tuna contain levels of mercury that the federal government has determined may be hazardous to human health, particularly children. The results released in Fair Warning: Why … Read more
Television and film stars Ted Danson and Amber Valletta turned out today to help Oceana honor California Attorney General Bill Lockyer and Wild Oats Markets with its 2005 Ted Danson Ocean Hero Award for their leadership in preventing mercury exposure in California and throughout the nation. Oceana renewed its call for supermarkets nationwide to post … Read more
Under pressure from scientists and conservation groups, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) denied a proposal to allow drift gillnet vessels to operate in an area off the California and Oregon coasts where such fishing is seasonally banned to protect the critically endangered Pacific leatherback sea turtle. The drift gillnet fishery, which targets swordfish, tuna … Read more
Jackie Savitz, Seafood Contamination Campaign Director for the international ocean conservation group Oceana, which has been campaigning to get supermarkets nationwide to post warning signs wherever fish under a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) mercury advisory are sold, today released the following statement in response to widespread misconceptions about a recent study on mercury in … Read more
Mercury levels in fish are high enough to pose health risks to moderate and heavy fish eaters, mercury experts said in a report released today. Commissioned by Oceana and the Mercury Policy Project and written by mercury and environmental health expert Edward Groth, PhD, the report summarizes decades of scientific research and exposes weaknesses in … Read more
Oceana congratulated Safeway today on the supermarket chain’s commitment to post mercury advisory signs nationally at its stores’ seafood counters. Oceana’s Stop Seafood Contamination Campaign, launched in January 2005, has called on Safeway and all other major supermarket chains to post signs based on the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) 2004 advisory for mercury in … Read more
Safeway CEO Steven Burd’s decision to educate his customers about mercury contamination in seafood by voluntarily posting mercury warning signs in more than 1,500 stores nationwide is an example of corporate responsibility, Jackie Savitz, Oceana’s director of the Stop Seafood Contamination Campaign, told the grocery chain’s stockholders meeting today. “Most patrons have never heard of … Read more
Whole Foods today announced that it is joining Safeway and Wild Oats as the first national supermarket chains to commit to posting signs giving consumers a government warning about mercury in certain kinds seafood. The FDA issued an advisory in 2004 warning women of child-bearing age and children to avoid swordfish, king mackerel, tilefish … Read more
Washington, DC – Oceana announced today that Trader Joe’s, a California-based company will post the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) advice on mercury in seafood in their stores across the country. This action will have far reaching health benefits for many consumers. “Trader Joe’s is known for being a unique place to shop but now … Read more
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