A Consumer Reports investigation released on Thursday morning found 'unpredictable' spikes of mercury levels in five popular canned tuna brands — and suggested that pregnant people 'avoid canned tuna altogether.'
out Thursday morning found"unpredictable" spikes of mercury levels in five popular canned tuna brands — and suggests that pregnant people"avoid canned tuna altogether."
CBS News reached out to all five companies in the report. Chicken of the Sea, Safe Catch, StarKist and Wild Planet said their products are safe and within FDA standards. Bumble Bee did not get back to us as of early Thursday morning but noted to Consumer Reports the"health benefits of consuming seafood far outweigh any potential risk, including concerns about mercury."
"Young children and pregnant women especially need to keep mercury away from those neurons that are developing," he said. Of the 30 samples tested, Consumer Reports said it found six individual spikes in mercury content — amounting to one in five cans —"that would change the FDA's recommendation about how often someone should eat that particular tuna."
"One big takeaway is that albacore has much more mercury than light or skipjack tuna, regardless of the brand," Consumer Reports said."That's not surprising, since albacore is larger and lives longer than the tunas that make up the light tuna or skipjack tunas. But the disparity was quite wide: The albacore products had three times more mercury, on average, than the others.
Fish that contain higher levels of mercury include shark and swordfish. Very little mercury is found in smaller fish at the surface, like trout and salmon, Agus noted.
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