Protect Children from Mercury with Ted Danson June 20, 2006

Do you know what types of fish to avoid in order to protect your family from mercury? Many people know that seafood contains mercury, a potent neurotoxin, but don’t know how to keep their families’ levels low while continuing to eat fish, which can be part of a healthy diet. The answer is that the Food and Drug Administration advises women of child bearing age and children not to eat shark, swordfish, king mackerel or tilefish and to limit consumption of all other fish to 12 oz. (2 average meals) a week.

Oceana is working to make sure that grocery stores hang signs about this advice at their seafood counters to help customers make informed decisions about what fish to buy for their families.

Come to a gathering by Whole Foods, which refuses to hang signs about mercury in seafood, to encourage them to do so. We will be speaking to the media about the issue and handing out a list of stores that care enough about customers’ health to hang signs.

Who: Ted Danson, Actor and Ocean Activist; Dr. Leo Trasande, M.D., Mt. Sinai Center for Children’s Health and the Environment; Jackie Savitz, Oceana Stop Seafood Contamination Campaign Director

What: Press conference and gathering calling on grocery stores to hang signs about the FDA advisory on mercury in fish at their seafood counters

Where: South Plaza of Union Square across from the Whole Foods at 40 E 14th St

When: Tuesday June 20, 2006 at 10 AM

RSVP: http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/oceana/event/index.jsp?event_KEY=14879

Questions: Beth Kemler, Oceana Seafood Contamination Campaign Organizer at 202-467-1957 or bkemler_at_oceana.org

Official Website: http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/oceana/event/index.jsp?event_KEY=14879