Seafood (page 11)

Activists: Sayonara to Brain Food

A new insult to common sense came yesterday from the Sea Turtle Restoration Project (STRP), in the form of an alarmist report about trace levels of…
Posted August 31, 2006 at 12:00 am

CCF Op-ed: Mercury Scares Mislead American Consumers

In the wake of last week’s Wisconsin-based international doom-and-gloom conference on mercury, we thought a bit of common sense was overdue. So we were pleased on Saturday when…
Posted August 14, 2006 at 12:00 am

Selenium-Palooza: Day Four At The Mercury Conference

The Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant was abuzz on Thursday with talk about selenium — an essential nutrient, plentiful in most fish, which just…
Posted August 11, 2006 at 12:00 am

Credibility Crumbles: Day Three At The Mercury Conference

Some activists seem to work extra hard to shred their own public credibility. At the International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant in Madison, Wisconsin, the…
Posted August 10, 2006 at 12:00 am

Day Two: Mercury Conference Meets Media Reality-Check

Oddly, yesterday’s big news about mercury and fish didn’t come out of Madison, Wisconsin, where academics are gathered for an international conference on “Mercury as a Global Pollutant.”…
Posted August 9, 2006 at 12:00 am

Day One At The Mercury Conference(s)

This week we bring you inside the International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant. Sound boring? Not a chance. This is where the best-laid plans of…
Posted August 8, 2006 at 12:00 am

The Flip Side of Mercury

Amidst the clamor from overeager “public advocates,” regulation-prone officials, and ill-informed investigators, it’s hard to get an accurate picture of the most recent activist…
Posted August 7, 2006 at 12:00 am

Mercury Rising Overseas? Not Really.

To hear Defenders of Wildlife tell it (in a report released this week in conjuction with the Mercury Policy Project and the Center for Science in…
Posted July 13, 2006 at 12:00 am

CCF Makes Unborn Children Smarter

We recently received a letter from Victoria, an expectant mother who spent some time this weekend exploring FishScam.com, our website dedicated to debunking the hype surrounding trace levels of…
Posted July 5, 2006 at 12:00 am

REPORT: Capital Fish Get A Clean Bill of Health

Today the Center for Consumer Freedom unveils Safe Fish, our comprehensive investigation into mercury levels of fish sold in the Washington, DC area. Working with a well-regarded…
Posted June 21, 2006 at 12:00 am