American tuna fishers offer own bodies to challenge mercury

2004-02-08T15:10:00

US albacore tuna fishermen have asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to test them and their wives and children for side effects from methylmercury. The move is seen as a strategic challenge against scientific reports on the dangers of eating tuna, which threaten the tuna consumer market. The 400-strong ...

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