Seafood substitutions can expose consumers to unexpectedly high mercury
Posted by Oceanography News -- ScienceDaily on 19 August, 2014
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New measurements from fish purchased at retail seafood counters in 10 different states show the extent to which mislabeling can expose consumers to unexpectedly high levels of mercury, a harmful pollutant. Fishery stock 'substitutions' -- which falsely present a fish of the same species, but from a different geographic origin -- are the most dangerous mislabeling offense, according to new research....