Consumer Reports found measurable mercury in every sample of canned and pouched tuna it tested, from 0.018 to 0.774 parts per million, with white albacore usually far higher than light tuna. The EPA says one weekly serving of white tuna could give women and children an unsafe dose.
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More mercury found in restaurant served tuna/sushi- updated
Rutgers researchers DNA-tested sushi from 54 restaurants and 15 supermarkets and found mercury in every sample, at levels exceeding or approaching international limits. Bluefin akami and bigeye tuna carried significantly more mercury than fatty bluefin toro and yellowfin akami.
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Top brands of tuna found high in mercury
University of Nevada-Las Vegas researchers found 55 percent of more than 300 canned tuna samples from the top three U.S. brands exceeded the EPA's 0.5 ppm mercury standard, and 5 percent topped the FDA's 1.0 ppm limit. One of the three brands was consistently high.
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