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Fish, Mercury, and Nutrition: The Net Effects

Are you getting the omega-3s you need for your child's brain development and a healthy heart? How about the selenium required for good immune response and brain function? If you eat ocean fish, you get these benefits. But here is the final question: Do you need to worry about mercury?


Fish really is brain food! Fish, Mercury, and Nutrition: The Net Effects presents the many benefits of eating ocean fish and the risk of mercury exposure for the population with the most to gain (or lose): unborn and young children. Pregnant and nursing moms will learn why two ocean fish meals a week during the critical window of development can safely give their babies lifelong benefits. The rest of the population also benefits by including ocean fish in their healthy diets. 


About the Documentary

Fish, Mercury, and Nutrition: The Net Effects is a production of Prairie Public Broadcasting, Fargo, North Dakota, in collaboration with the University of North Dakota’s Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC). Funding is provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Marine Fisheries Pacific Islands Regional Office and the members of Prairie Public.         


Fact Sheets and Information

Ocean Fish

The Complete Nutrient Package

Omega-3

Fatty Acids: Fish for Your Health

Selenium and Mercury

Fishing for Answers

What's the Story with Ocean Fish?


Informational Clips

Fish is Brain Food: Omega-3s

Selenium and Mercury: The Story in Fish

What Fish Can I Eat?


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