NBC Mercury in Seafood Report Nominated for LA Area Emmy Award

By May 7, 2010Got Mercury?

GotMercury’s undercover investigation that  exposed harmful levels of mercury in seafood from California restaurants and sushi bars that was filmed in collaboration with NBC Channel 4 News has been nominated for a Los Angeles Area Emmy in the category of Medical News Story, Mutli-Report. The coverage followed the Got Mercury? campaign using undercover, hidden cameras as the reporter and GotMercury campaign visited restaurants and sushi bars, asked servers about mercury in seafood, and secretly sampled the fish served for later mercury testing by an accredited laboratory.

Click here to watch the first of three Emmy-nominated investigative reporting stories.