Urge the FDA to protect the public from mercury in fish

Join GotMercury.org in calling on food safety officials to require posting of mercury warnings wherever fish is sold and to cut by half the current 30-year-old mercury limits to better protect the health of women, children and anyone who eats tuna, swordfish and other seafood.

The primary source of mercury exposure in humans is through the consumption of fish. Scientific studies have shown that mercury ingestion can lead to memory loss, developmental and learning disorders, vision loss, heart disease and, in extreme cases, can result in death.

Food safety officials should do more to make our food safer.

Dear Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg,

We the undersigned strongly urge the FDA to mandate mercury-in-fish warning signs at all supermarkets and restaurants where mercury-laden fish is sold. We also urge the FDA to improve food safety and slash obsolete mercury limits for commercial fish in half to match that of recreational fish. Lastly, canned light tuna must be categorized as a high mercury-laden fish. Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

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What should the FDA do to protect you from mercury?

This petition has a goal of 5000 signatures

51-75 of 3286 signatures

Number	Date	Name	Location	What should the FDA do to ...
3236	Fri Sep 07 11:58:09 EDT 2012	Nadine Peter	Kirchhain, ot
3235	Fri Sep 07 11:50:36 EDT 2012	Lynn Ellis	Knoxville, TN
3234	Mon Sep 03 09:17:17 EDT 2012	Julio Serpas	Carmel, IN	Fish at supermarket should disclose mercury contained in food I am buying.
3233	Mon Sep 03 00:40:42 EDT 2012	m m	athens, ot
3232	Fri Aug 24 14:18:20 EDT 2012	Steven Beattie	Ann Arbor, MI	Provide warning labels on all fish products sold in packaged form to consumers, creating seperate warning labels for each level of concentration and labeling the products accoringly. For fish that More....
3231	Fri Aug 10 12:20:30 EDT 2012	Julia McCullough-Perreman	Lathrup Village, MI	Clear warning on fish, decrease acceptable exposure thresholds, and eliminate use in dental amalgams to decrease environmental pollution.
3230	Mon Aug 06 19:38:11 EDT 2012	Emily Birnbaum	Merrick, NY
3229	Wed Aug 01 11:49:30 EDT 2012	DONTE WITHERSPOON	WOODLAND HILLS, CA
3228	Sun Jul 29 15:15:34 EDT 2012	Carl Borrowman	Twentynine Palms, CA	1)Mandate periodic fish testing in all states, including Wyoming; test all freshwater and saltwater fish imported and exported to and from those states. 2)Establish and mandate clear labels More....
3227	Sat Jul 28 14:50:36 EDT 2012	gina bochicchio	bainbridge, NY	save da fishies!!!!
3226	Sat Jul 28 14:42:09 EDT 2012	billy salvatore	massapequa, NY	LOWER THE LIMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3225	Sat Jul 28 14:39:03 EDT 2012	sam tessora	sidney, NY	Stricter limits
3224	Wed Jul 25 16:28:22 EDT 2012	FATIMA MOHMAND	CAMP HILL, PA	make laws against selling high mercury fish and other foods in the U.S. 1) BAN THE DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL IN OUR RIVERS LAKES AND OCEAN. 2) PROVIDE CONSUMER KNOWLEDGE 3) More....
3223	Wed Jul 25 00:07:42 EDT 2012	jamie morales	BRONX, NY	we need to develop more long term, sustainable forms of fuels. the burning of fossil fuels is a global issue. its making everyone sick. not only are we killing our plant slowly but we are killing ourselves More....
3222	Tue Jul 24 14:47:41 EDT 2012	Sarah Adams	Asheville, NC	1) list mercury levels on packaging at grocery stores, ect... 2) lower the legal mercury action level from 1 part per million (ppm) to 0.5 ppm
3221	Fri Jul 20 20:04:14 EDT 2012	Vladislav Lishilenko	Brooklyn, NY
3220	Thu Jul 19 01:27:26 EDT 2012	William Petti	sidney, NY	LOWER THE ACCEPTABLE LEVELS!
3219	Mon Jul 16 00:59:05 EDT 2012	Rosemary Lazier	Ottawa, ON	More rigorous testing of mercury levels in fisheries, before the fish is distributed is necessary. Mercury limits should be monitored consistently.
3218	Thu Jul 12 02:06:06 EDT 2012	mauricio carvajal	Santiago, ot
3217	Wed Jul 11 14:58:07 EDT 2012	Christine Webb	St. Petersburg , FL	Clean up our oceans! All this mercury is there because governments allowed manufacturers to pollute. This should be a major U.N. or global issue.
3216	Thu Jul 05 11:06:25 EDT 2012	dan cappello	lawrence, PA
3215	Thu Jul 05 11:05:11 EDT 2012	dan cappello	lawrence, PA
3214	Thu Jul 05 11:04:35 EDT 2012	dan cappello	lawrence, PA
3213	Tue Jun 26 04:17:29 EDT 2012	George Todd	Newport, OR	Put severe limits on coal plant emissions of mercury. Provide closer inspection of imported fish.
3212	Thu Jun 07 01:57:09 EDT 2012	Denise LaChance	Los Angeles, CA

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