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Is it safe to eat fish while pregnant? Is it safe to eat fish at all? We discuss new study.

Published: June 12, 2006, 5:59 p.m.

You probably saw the headlines this week about Consumer Reports advising pregnant women to not just limit their consumption of tuna, but to avoid it altogether.\xa0 Why?\xa0 Because of the potentially high levels of mercury that could cause damage to the fetus.

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We\u2019ll talk to one of the experts from Consumer Reports who also happens to be a member of the FDA Food Advisory Committee.\xa0 You\u2019ll learn which fish are safe and which ones you may want to avoid.

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Also today, Dr. Walter Willett from the Harvard School of Public Health and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School joins us.\xa0 Dr. Willett is also the author of the best selling book, Eat, Drink and Be Healthy.