date:Sep 20, 2012
e're urging parents and schools to limit children's tuna consumption and, when they do serve it, to choose lower-mercury options.
Eric Uram of Safe Minds, another sponsor, said light tuna contains one-third as much mercury as albacore or white tuna. And the Tuna Surprise report clearly focuses on canned tuna as the largest source of mercury in the American diet.
On the positive side of the debate, it said canned tuna is an inexpensive and nutritious source of low-fat protein. Americans eat tw