This guide is just one of the EATING CANNED TUNA SAFELY tools in NRDC’s mercury protection toolkit. MERCURY WHITE ALBACORE CHUNK LIGHT See the NRDC website for: If you weigh: Don’t eat more than If you weigh: Don’t eat more than IN FISH • Tips about mercury in sushi and 11 lbs ...... 1 can/4 months 11 lbs ...... 1 can/6 weeks sportfish, and details about all of 22 lbs ...... 1 can/2 months 22 lbs ...... 1 can/23 days A Guide for NRDC’s mercury guides 33 lbs ...... 1 can/5 weeks 33 lbs ...... 1 can/2 weeks Women and Children • A calculator you can use to 44 lbs ...... 1 can/4 weeks 44 lbs ...... 1 can/12 days estimate how much mercury 55 lbs ...... 1 can/3 weeks 55 lbs ...... 1 can/9 days you may be eating 66 lbs ...... 1 can/3 weeks 66 lbs ...... 1 can/8 days • Maps of mercury sources and 77 lbs ...... 1 can/3 weeks 77 lbs ...... 1 can/week state-by-state mercury warnings 88 lbs ...... 1 can/2 weeks 88 lbs ...... 1 can/6 days for anglers 99 lbs ...... 1 can/2 weeks 99 lbs ...... 1 can/5 days • Information on how mercury 110 lbs ...... 1 can/12 days 110 lbs ...... 1 can/5 days pollution gets into the environment 121 lbs ...... 1 can/11 days 121 lbs ...... 1 can/4 days and into fish 132 lbs ...... 1 can/10 days 132 lbs ...... 1 can/4 days • An online action center where you 143 lbs ...... 1 can/9 days 143 lbs ...... 1 can/4 days can help stop mercury pollution 154 lbs ...... 1 can/9 days 154 lbs ...... 1 can/3 days NATURAL RESOURCES www.nrdc.org/mercury 165+ lbs ...... 1 can/8 days 165+ lbs ...... 1 can/3 days DEFENSE COUNCIL Oct 2004 www.nrdc.org Eating fish is good HIGHEST MERCURY LOWER MERCURY LOWEST MERCURY for you, right? AVOID EATING: EAT NO MORE THAN SIX 6-OZ. ENJOY THESE FISH: Grouper* Shark* SERVINGS PER MONTH: Anchovies Oysters It can be. But some fish is high in Marlin* Swordfish* Carp Butterfish Perch (saltwater) mercury, a chemical that can cause Mackerel (king) Tilefish* Cod* Calamari (squid) Pollock # serious health problems, especially Orange roughy* Crab (blue) Catfish Salmon Crab (Dungeness) Caviar (farmed) Sardines for children and pregnant women. Crab (snow) Clams Scallops HIGH MERCURY Mahi Mahi If you are pregnant or planning to Crab (king)* Shad EAT NO MORE THAN THREE 6-OZ. Monkfish* Crawfish/crayfish Shrimp* become pregnant, use this guide to SERVINGS PER MONTH: Perch (freshwater) Flounder* Sole see what amounts of fish caught and Bass (saltwater)* Skate Haddock* Sturgeon (farmed) sold commercially are safe to eat. Bluefish Snapper* Hake Tilapia Croaker Tuna (canned, chunk light) Herring Trout (freshwater) To gauge safe amounts for your Halibut* Tuna (fresh Pacific albacore) Lobster (spiny/rock) Whitefish children, reduce the portion sizes. Lobster (American/Maine) Sea trout Tuna (canned, white albacore) #Farmed salmon may contain PCBs, manufactured Tuna (fresh bluefin, ahi) chemicals with serious long-term health effects. Information in this guide is based on the (PCBs were banned in the U.S. in the 1970s but FDA’s test results for mercury in fish and the remain in the environment.) EPA’s determination of safe levels of mercury for children and women of reproductive age (no guidelines exist for other adults). * * * * Fish in Trouble! These fish are perilously low in numbers or are caught using environmentally destructive methods.