HealthWatch: Fish Consumption & Pregnancy (WCBS-TV New York)- Topic: Pregnancy News

Certain seafoods are reportedly high in mercury, and this balance between the good and the bad of fish is most important for pregnant women. Mercury builds up in fish living in water contaminated by industrial pollution. Wu says pregnant women should eat seafood, but the kind of fish matters. Salmon, tilapia, perch and shrimp were some of the fish found to have the least amount of mercury, and according to Dr. read more

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