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To the Editor: As a public health official who has been raising the consciousness of my community with regard to the potential hazards of eating mercury-containing fish, I am disturbed by the review article on mercury by Clarkson and colleagues (Oct. 30 issue).¹ The Environmental Protection Agency, the Food and Drug Administration, and the health departments of most states have not published advisories or reference doses on mercury in fish, for nebulous reasons. Over the past 30 years, the level of mercury that we know is associated with a harmful effect has declined significantly, as has the regulatory standard for . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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