Advisors Urged To Push For Better Information In EPA, FDA Fish Advisory

Environmental groups are urging a federal advisory panel to recommend that EPA and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) improve the information in a new draft guide aimed at explaining what fish pregnant women and children should eat and which they should avoid, raising concerns especially about the mercury risks light tuna presents. EPA and FDA in June released for public comment the new draft advice, which includes the novel step of recommending that women of child-bearing age and children...