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CNN Reports The Good and The Bad on mercury contamination.

Reuters Foundation reports fish on Prozac pose a problem for Texas lake.

Dr. Mercola's comment on fish contamination. Included is information about the mercury risk posed by specific fish.

More than 60,000 children are born each year at risk for adverse neurodevelopmental effects due to in utero exposure to methylmercury, says the National Research Council

A quick view of the national atomospheric mercury deposition

Check your area using the EPA's National Listing of Fish and Wildlife Advisories (NLFWA) database.

A primer on how to get started learning about fish contamination. US Environmental Protection Agency - Fish Advisory.

FDA Talk Papers are prepared by the Press Office to guide FDA personnel in responding with consistency and accuracy to questions from the public on subjects of current interest. Talk Papers are subject to change as more information becomes available. Try this link to get aquatinted with them.

Facts from Illinois' about their Methyl mercury Advisory.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Listing of Fish and Wildlife Advisories.

Illinois issues methylmercury advisory with unchanged levels because "methylmercury is more toxic than previously thought."

FishingLink.Org actively seeks sites that foster health education while providing needed information about local advisories.

Illinois Fish Advisory - "PLEASE NOTE: THE METHYLMERCURY ADVISORY APPLIES TO PREDATOR FISH – all species of black bass (largemouth, smallmouth and spotted), striped bass, white bass, hybrid striped bass, walleye, sauger, saugeye, flathead catfish, muskellunge and northern pike – IN ALL ILLINOIS WATERS."

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So far, modest Web Albums are active only in Louisiana and Texas. Check them out.

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