Behind the Times

Today’s Globe and Mail reports that a recent study summarizes the “latest scientific evidence” on the dangers of eating too much fish containing trace levels of mercury. They suggest that this study warrants a recent a advisory issued by Health Canada warning pregnant women to limit fish consumption. The U.S. Food and Drug and Administration and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have issued similar advisories.

Writers at the Globe apparently aren’t up to speed on research in this area. Recent studies published in The Lancet and the Journal of the American Medical Association—also discussed in the New York Times and other news sources—raise serious questions about the government advisories and the research on which they are based. Perhaps it’s time for the Globe to at least begin reading CEI’s blogs, which covered the issue a couple times.