02/28/07 Something`s Fishy

So who do you believe? The last couple years the food police in the US have convinced the American media that fish is dangerous for pregnant women, so out of fear for their children, pregnant American women have cut their fish consumption considerably. Across the very ocean responsible for these dietary waves comes a study of over 14,000 women and 13,000 children published in the British Medical Journal that found that pregnant women who limited their fish consumption to the recommended US amount of three or less servings of fish per week had had children with lower verbal IQ's, higher rates of behavioral and social problems and less fine motor skills then children of mothers who consumed at or less then US amounts . The EPA isn't back peddling on their original recommendation for pregnant women to refrain from eating fish that could have high mercury levels until they have a chance to review the study. Something is fishy? Maybe fish consumption contributes to the fact that students in countries like Japan, consistently outperform US University students!