I pledge to protect myself against mercury

Mercury contamination of seafood is a widespread and serious public health problem.  Studies have shown that mercury ingestion can lead to memory loss, developmental and learning disorders, vision loss, heart disease and in extreme cases, can even result in death.

The number one source of mercury in humans is through consumption of mercury-contaminated fish.  The government has failed to protect the public from the dangers of mercury in fish.  Seafood sellers are not required to warn fish buyers about mercury or label mercury-laden fish, leaving the burden of knowledge and awareness on the consumer.  Eating fish should not be a toxic gamble.  

The only reliable way to ensure a reduction of mercury exposure by eating seafood is to avoid known high-mercury fish such as swordfish, tuna, shark, king mackerel and tilefish.

I Pledge to Protect Myself Against Mercury in Seafood

I pledge to not eat or buy swordfish, tuna, shark, king mackerel and tilefish to safeguard my health against the dangerous and toxic effects of mercury.

I pledge to put my health before the profits of the seafood industry which continues to sell high mercury-fish with no regard for the health of people who eat fish. This seafood pledge is needed due to the failure of the government to adequately warn the public about mercury in seafood.

With this pledge, I urge the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to use its authority to make seafood safer by requiring mercury testing of fish, mandating mercury advisories to be posted where fish is sold and to lower the current limit for commercial from 1 parts per million to 0.5 parts per million in line with the Environmental Protection Agency’s level for recreational fish.
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1351 Tue May 21 19:14:04 EDT 2013 Jessica Pynn
1350 Thu Apr 04 09:13:38 EDT 2013 rogerio mesquita I Pledge to Protect Myself Against Mercury in Seafood

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1348 Sat Mar 02 12:49:20 EST 2013 Anonymous
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1337 Wed May 09 00:00:16 EDT 2012 Magenta Loera
1336 Tue Apr 24 01:03:19 EDT 2012 Will Holloway
1335 Thu Apr 05 12:24:23 EDT 2012 Anonymous
1334 Tue Feb 28 17:35:19 EST 2012 Daniel Nava
1333 Sun Feb 26 22:52:33 EST 2012 Alondra Mejia Lets be better and healthier consumers. :)
1332 Tue Nov 29 08:52:21 EST 2011 Paul Crooks
1331 Tue Nov 08 20:37:12 EST 2011 Grace Holden
1330 Mon Oct 24 10:05:10 EDT 2011 Erico Martins
1329 Sat Oct 22 19:41:52 EDT 2011 Anonymous
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