Agency Advisors Urge EPA To Strengthen Draft Fish Consumption Guide

EPA's children's health advisors are urging the agency to strengthen its draft fish consumption advice for pregnant women and children by adding several species to a "do not eat" list and offering more specific advice on health risks from consuming other species, backing advocates' claims that the draft fails to adequately limit mercury exposures. In a recent draft letter to the agency , EPA's Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee (CHPAC) recommends that EPA add two species of fish to its...