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...fish [including tuna] outweigh the small possible dangers from mercury. The recommended amount for adults is to eat one or two servings of fish per week - but probably only 10% to 20% of the population in the U.S. eats sufficient fish. The real danger in this country, the real concern, is that we're not eating enough fish. That is very likely increasing our rates of death from heart disease...
Really, the potential concern for long-term exposure at these levels is not with neurologic effects, but with cardiovascular effects. Two of five studies [that looked at the relationship between mercury and cardiovascular disease] suggested that at levels of mercury seen with typical consumption in Western populations, there might be cardiovascular effects long-term [increased risk of heart attack with higher levels of mercury]. But three of the five studies have not shown that...
...report in 2006 in JAMA and the Institute of Medicine report, which were completely independent and came out at the same time, came to the same conclusion: There's no consistent evidence right now for significant health effects from mercury in adults, and the simplest way to avoid concern is to eat a variety of fish. We went further and recommended, to be prudent, that people who eat fish five or more times a week should choose lower-mercury fish...
...that risk by a third. So if we're causing people not to eat fish or to choose to eat something other than fish because they're worried that the fish has some mercury in it, they're increasing their risk of dying from a heart attack for a concern that has not been established...
...wins the White House, he will be 72 when he takes office, the oldest person ever to ascend to the presidency. He has suffered serious skin cancers over the years, not to mention brutal physical torture as a prisoner of war. His age and health, therefore, are of legitimate concern to voters. But McCain doesn't downplay his liabilities; he highlights them. "I'm older than dirt, with more scars than Frankenstein," he likes to joke...