HowMuchFish.com puts conflicting information about seafood and health into perspective by displaying the nutritional content of the 10 most popular seafood species and showing the positive impact of fish consumption as well as the negligible risks from trace amounts of mercury, the group says.
The Web site is modeled after recommendations from leading experts in the field, including scientists from the Harvard School of Public Health and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit center said.
The FDA this year said the "risk-only" approach to seafood health assessment in the current federal guidelines may have a negative impact on public health by discouraging fish consumption.
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