Dec 23, 2014· Comment from Environmental Defense Fund· FDA-2014-N-0595-0057
Thank you for the important opportunity to provide comments on updated seafood advice from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) entitled Fish: What Pregnant Women and Parents Should Know. The attached comments mirror those that were submitted orally to the Risk Communication Advisory Committee on November 4, 2014. We agree with the overarching goal of the new advice to encourage women of childbearing age and children to eat more healthy, low mercury fish. However some important changes are needed before this advice can effectively do so.