FDA's Irresponsible Document on eating fish with mercury: Follow what Dr. Russell Blaylock, neurosurgeon, says following Washington Post article rather than FDA, Federal Depopulation Association.

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Consider how many people are still using the addictive

excitoneurotoxic carcinogenic drug, aspartame

(NutraSweet/Equal/E951/Canderel, etc.). It's a chelating

agent. http://www.rense.com/general/asp.htm Further its so poisonous

its a chemical hypersensitization agent triggering polychemical

sensitivity syndrome. Aspartame interacts with virtually all drugs,

vaccines and toxins. Mercury is another toxin that needs to be

banned and is in vaccines given to children. The FDA (Agency for

Faster Dying Americans) is only loyal to industry and has betrayed

the public trust. Here again they are protecting industry and they

care less about the mercury in fish. So listen to someone on your

side, Dr. Russell Blaylock, who is interested in your health. He

will be discussing this in detail in the Blaylock Wellness Report and

you can on www.russellblaylockmd.com Read on for the

Washington Post article and Dr. Blaylock's factual information.

Especially pregnant women be warned. Betty

 

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FDA Draft Report Urges Consumption of Fish, Despite Mercury Contamination

 

By Lyndsey Layton

Washington Post Staff Writer

Friday, December 12, 2008; A07

 

The

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d=informline>Food

and Drug Administration is urging the government to amend its

advisory that women and children should limit how much fish they eat,

saying that the benefits of seafood outweigh the health risks and

that most people should eat more fish, even if it contains mercury.

 

If approved by the

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White

House, the FDA's position would reverse the government's current

policy that certain groups -- women of childbearing years, pregnant

women, nursing mothers, infants and children -- can be harmed by the

mercury in fish and should limit their consumption.

 

The FDA's recommendations have alarmed scientists at the

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gency?tid=informline>Environmental

Protection Agency, who in internal memos criticized them as

" scientifically flawed and inadequate " and said they fell short of

the " scientific rigor routinely demonstrated by EPA. "

 

The FDA sent its draft report, a copy of which was obtained by

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=informline>The

Washington Post, to the

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udget?tid=informline>White

House Office of Management and Budget as part of the FDA's effort to

update the existing health advisory. The report argued that nutrients

in fish, including omega-3 fatty acids, selenium and other minerals

could boost a child's IQ by three points.

 

The greatest benefits, the FDA report said, would come from eating

more than 12 ounces of fish a week, which is the current limit

advised for pregnant women, women of childbearing age, nursing

mothers and young children.

 

FDA spokesman Michael Herndon declined to discuss the draft report.

" As a science-based regulatory agency we periodically and routinely

review and analyze scientific evidence about health effects of

FDA-regulated products, " he wrote in an e-mail. " We do not comment on

draft reports that are undergoing internal review. "

 

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line>Benjamin

H. Grumbles, the EPA's assistant administrator for water, said, " EPA

is working closely with other agencies in the scientific review of

this report to better understand the risks and benefits of fish consumption. "

 

The FDA and the EPA both play a role in protecting the public from

mercury contamination. The EPA investigates and regulates mercury and

other contaminants in recreationally caught fish, while the FDA

regulates mercury in seafood sold in markets and restaurants. States

rely on the federal agencies in issuing their own advisories.

 

In 2004, the two agencies issued their first joint advisory,

suggesting that women of childbearing age, pregnant women, nursing

mothers, infants and children stop eating four species of fish

considered especially high in mercury: swordfish, shark, tilefish and

king mackerel. At the same time, the government advised limiting

consumption of other mercury-contaminated fish.

 

Mercury can damage the neurological development of fetuses and

infants. Recent studies have suggested that mercury may also pose a

health risk for adults, including an increased risk of cardiovascular disease.

 

The two agencies are supposed to work together to regularly review

the advisory, but EPA sources said the FDA went ahead with its own

proposal earlier this year, not consulting the EPA until the document

was nearly finished.

 

The

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=informline>Environmental

Working Group, an advocacy organization, wrote yesterday to EPA

Administrator

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ne>Stephen

L. Johnson and urged him to fight the FDA's recommendations.

 

" This is an astonishing, irresponsible document, " said

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chard

Wiles, the environmental group's executive director. " It's a

commentary on how low FDA has sunk as an agency. It was once a fierce

protector of America's health, and now it's nothing more than a patsy

for polluters. "

 

Kathryn Mahaffey, who was the EPA's top mercury scientist until she

left the agency in August to become a lecturer at George Washington

University School of Public Health, said the FDA used an

" oversimplified approach " that could increase the public's exposure to mercury.

 

But Gavin Gibbons, a spokesman for the National Fisheries Institute,

applauded the FDA's efforts. " This is a science-based approach, " he

said. " And you start to see a picture emerge that shows the clear

benefits of eating seafood outweigh the risks of a trace amount of

mercury in fish. "

 

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Dr. Russell Blaylock, MD

Blaylock Tip of the Week

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11-4-7

 

Health authorities are encouraging us to eat more fish. There is good

reason. Higher intakes of omega-3 oils, the healthy oil found in

seafood, have been associated with dramatic reductions in cardiac

deaths, ischemic strokes, cancers, arthritic pain and disability, as

well as acting as a powerful protectant for the brain.

 

But many fish are also high in mercury, which is one of the most

poisonous metals in existence, as well PCBs, dioxins, pesticides and

herbicides.

 

So, is it really safe to eat more fish, and if so, which fish are

safe? This, in essence, is the dilemma for the general public and a

significant number of scientists as well.

 

The EPA (which regulates fish from sports fishing) and the FDA (which

regulates commercial seafood) have set limits for " safe " mercury

levels in seafood, but they do not share their concerns about

contaminants with the general public through the media or public alerts.

 

The reason is they are treading a thin line of trying to protect the

public, while, at the same time, not wanting to destroy the seafood

industry. Likewise, they cannot even agree on a " safe " level of

mercury, with FDA levels being much lower than EPA levels.

 

Independent studies have shown that the type of mercury found in

seafood, called methylmercury (or organic mercury), is highly toxic

to a number of organs and tissues, especially to the developing brain

of fetuses and newborns.

 

The elderly are also at high risk because age has weakened their

cells, especially brain cells. Recent alerts have been issued by the

regulatory agencies, as well as physician groups, suggesting that

pregnant women should avoid eating fish known to have high mercury levels.

 

 

Some seafood is naturally low in mercury and is safer to eat. When

buying seafood, choose:

 

Clams

Wild Alaskan salmon

Shrimp

Sardines

Crabs

Scallops

 

 

Some seafood is high in mercury and PCBs:

 

Chilean sea bass

Grouper

Marlin

Orange roughy

Rockfish

Atlantic salmon (farmed)

 

 

The EPA and FDA list four fish that should never be eaten:

 

Tilefish

Shark

King mackerel

Swordfish

 

Despite this warning, most seafood restaurants serve one or more of

these toxic fish - and most grocery stores and supermarkets sell them

- and never even warn pregnant women of the danger. Remember -

mercury accumulates in the body and studies have shown that mercury

accumulates in the fetus in higher concentrations than in the mother.

 

Here's a great cooking tip: Cook your seafood with garlic. Garlic has

been shown to bind and reduce levels of mercury in the body, making

it less toxic. For more detailed information on the dangers of eating

contaminated fish, read my full report, " Eating Fish: What You Need to Know. "

 

 

 

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