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Your Guide to Safe and Responsible Seafood Purchases

(Aug. 26) -- The average consumer eats about 16 pounds of seafood a year, and fishmongers say their customers are loaded with questions on everything from which fish have fewer contaminants, like mercury and PCBs, to what can I buy that tastes like the fish I shouldn't eat? The gang at Food & Water Watch have come up with...

Imported Seafood May Be Riskier Than Gulf Fare

(Aug. 26) -- Consumers are caught in the middle as food safety experts ponder the potential risks from shrimp, crab and fish from the Gulf of Mexico while mostly ignoring the frightening evidence of years of foreign seafood arriving at U.S. ports tainted with drugs, chemicals and bacteria. "Consumers are rightfully...

NOAA, FDA to Test for Corexit in Gulf Seafood After All

(Aug. 13) -- In a rather sudden about-face, U.S. government officials say they will begin testing gulf seafood for the presence of dispersants used to combat the BP oil spill. The move, according to The Associated Press, is meant to assure an anxious public about the safety of consuming fish, shrimp and oysters caught in...