Recommendations directly contradict Mercury Advisory San Francisco, CA – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its new food pyramid earlier this week, with recommendations that included the consumption of…
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Interview with Andy Peri Click and listen to this interview with Andy Peri, campaigner with Turtle Island Restoration Network’s Mercury Awareness Cmpaign, regarding mercury in seafood and the TIRN’s mercury calculator…
Come and join Turtle Island Restoration Network in a series of film screening during Earth Week 2005. Below is a listing of the events: Friday, April 22nd at 7:30 PM-…
San Francisco, CA – A new report by the Research Institute of Public Health in Finland shows a significant increase of heart disease in men with elevated mercury levels. Since…
San Francisco, CA – In another victory for public health, Morton’s Steakhouse of New York has removed swordfish from its menu. Morton’s move marks the second major American restaurant chain to remove swordfish from its menu in just over a year. In the Fall of 2003, Red Lobster removed swordfish from its menu as a result of a national campaign calling for its removal due to high levels of mercury.
Interview highlights Mercury in Seafood and Overfishing On November 24th, Andy Peri, Marine Species Campainer for the Sea Turtle Restoration Project, was interviewed on the Beyond Organic radio program with…
Kelly Lyon- Superior, CO I am another victim of mercury poisoning from Seafood. Not from a high-priced swordfish steak, but from my tuna fish sandwich. My story is one of…
I have a story to tell. One of a baby in my belly, poison in my seafood, and a President who will not act. And unfortunately, many other American women…
San Francisco- Today, coinciding with a new report released by Greenpeace showing elevated levels of mercury in 21% of American women of child-bearing age, the Sea Turtle Restoration Project is making three simple recommendations that could reduce or eliminate serious human health hazards caused by mercury in seafood.
San Francisco, CA – This week, new data was released by the Sea Turtle Restoration Project that shows skyrocketing mercury levels in swordfish purchased at grocery stores in Los Angeles, Sacramento, Orange, Sonoma and Marin counties. Stores in California and around the country continue to sell mercury-contaminated fish despite continued state and federal warnings that swordfish contains unsafe levels of mercury. Mercury levels in tested fish were measured in excess of 4 parts per million, more than 400% of the FDA’s action level. Environmental groups are calling on grocers and restaurants to stop selling swordfish to the public immediately.