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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Number	Date	Name
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 I pledge to not eat or buy swordfish, tuna, shark, king mackerel and tilefish to safeguard my health against the dangerous and toxic effects More....
1349	Sat Mar 02 21:05:01 EST 2013	Cara Bryant
1348	Sat Mar 02 12:49:20 EST 2013	Anonymous
1347	Sun Feb 03 18:10:40 EST 2013	Matt Johnson
1346	Tue Jan 22 09:36:45 EST 2013	mauricio carvajal
1345	Sun Dec 30 11:41:21 EST 2012	Cynthia Schreurs
1344	Mon Sep 03 01:03:34 EDT 2012	m m
1343	Wed Aug 29 13:08:16 EDT 2012	Anonymous
1342	Thu Aug 23 06:05:04 EDT 2012	Anonymous
1341	Thu Aug 23 06:05:04 EDT 2012	Anonymous
1340	Thu Jul 12 02:01:41 EDT 2012	mauricio carvajal
1339	Thu Jul 05 15:22:06 EDT 2012	Treena Livesley
1338	Thu Jul 05 15:20:33 EDT 2012	Alison Hawkins
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
1328	Sat Oct 08 01:52:12 EDT 2011	Jeremy Warneke
1327	Mon Sep 19 18:21:52 EDT 2011	Susana Francisco

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