HOTTER TUNA - Part 1 of 2

Here's an update I received yesterday from Bush Greenwatch on the mercury issue:

Backlash Builds Against Bush Plan to Delay Mercury Clean Up

Opposition to the Bush Administration's efforts to substantially delay a scheduled cleanup of mercury contamination gained momentum today when MoveOn.org joined forces with the Environmental Working Group (EWG), the Learning Disabilities Association and former EPA Administrator Carol Browner at a Washington, D.C. press conference denouncing the Bush plan.

MoveOn.org -- in partnership with EWG -- used the event at the National Press Club to launch a hard-hitting television ad campaign that takes the administration to task for continuing to place children at risk of learning disabilities and other developmental problems due to exposure to mercury-tainted fish. Scheduled to run on television stations in Washington, D.C. and New York City, the ad shows a poison symbol morphing into a happy face on a child's lunchbox, illustrating the danger from eating tuna fish sandwiches containing mercury-contaminated fish.

"Most people think about mercury as an air pollution problem, but it's winding up on the end of our forks, spoiling one of the best food choices on the planet," EWG President Ken Cook told BushGreenwatch. High levels of mercury can be found in a wide range of America's ocean, stream and lake-bred fish, including large-mouth bass, swordfish, catfish, tuna, some shellfish and trout.