http://www.safeharborfoods.com Micro Analytical Systems, Inc. (MASI) is the pioneer of the world's first rapid, large-scale mercury-testing process for seafood. MASI currently tests more seafood for mercury each year than any other company or government in the world. MASI provides consumers with seafood tested and certified to be among the lowest in mercury available under the Safe Harbor seal. Founded in 2002, MASI is headquartered in San Rafael, California. en-us http://www.huffingtonpost.com/henry-henderson/ohio-coal-closures_b_1242184.html 02/01/2012 - Good news for human health and a clean energy economy out of Ohio yesterday: an announcement that FirstEnergy is closing units at six of the nastiest coal plants in the nation. Four of the plants sit on the shores of an endangered Lake Erie; taking a significant toll on the nearby communities and Great Lakes in general. Copyright Huffington Post, 2012. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/chi-111228learner_briefs,0,7887665.story 12/29/2011 - On Dec. 21, the EPA announced the first-ever national standards to reduce mercury, arsenic, cadmium and other toxic air pollutants from coal plants by requiring installation of modern pollution control equipment. These standards make good economic and environmental sense - the Mercury Pollution Reduction Standards Protect Children's Health and the Great Lakes. Copyright 2011, Chicago Tribune. http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20111228/NJOPINION02/312280010/Score-one-cleaner-water-safer-fish?odyssey=nav|head 12/28/2011 - President Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency just issued the first-ever nationwide public health protections against toxic mercury from coal-fired power plants. Coal plants are the number one source of mercury pollution in the United States and it takes just one gram of mercury to contaminate a 20-acre lake. Copyright 2011, www.dailyrecord.com. http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-adv-mercury-20111223,0,7294052.story?track=rss 12/23/2011 - We just can't get enough of the coverage of the new mercury pollution controls and for good reason; the Obama administration's rules show that the country will no longer tolerate the health toll caused by emissions of mercury and other highly toxic pollutants from coal plants. Copyright 2011, LA Times. http://www.grist.org/clean-air/2011-12-21-three-cheers-for-new-mercury-pollution-standards 12/21/2011 - The point is not to be "against" coal but against coal pollution! As a society (and subsequently our government) we need to help the industry become cleaner rather than penalize it out of existence as that is just not viable. Let the industry write off pollution abatement costs, give tax breaks to industries that create smoke stack scrubbers, get creative about building up the people that help clean coal pollution and stop attacking coal itself. Let's try and think CONSTRUCTIVELY not destructively!! Copyright 1999-2011 Grist Magazine, Inc. http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2011/11/03/141992989/fda-officials-in-china-to-plug-new-food-safety-law 11/04/2011 - Fifteen percent of the food Americans eat is imported, including more than 80 percent of the seafood, and two-thirds of the fruit and vegetables. Our current food safety system can't even begin to keep tabs on the 24 million shipping containers loaded with food that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration estimates arrived this year from overseas. Increasingly, that food is coming from China, which has suffered a series of scandals involving tainted food. Copyright 2011, NPR. http://www.boston.com/Boston/dailydose/2011/09/roadmap-your-child-brain/ITRhPGbOhJyzIzFjQVNgiI/index.html 09/30/2011 - Helpful tips and advice taken from the new book "Welcome To Your Child's Brain"...Included in these tips is adevice encouraging expecting mothers to eat seafood while pregnant. While we don't disagree with this advice, as experts on seafood contamination, we simply caution KNOW WHAT YOU ARE EATING!! The article mentions salmon and sardines which are great choices, though some fish should be avoided - check out the RESOURCES tab above to learn more! Copyright The Boston Globe, 2011. http://www.newswise.com/articles/study-links-low-dha-levels-to-suicide-risk-among-u-s-military-personnel 08/24/2011 - As if we needed MORE impetus to eat seafood right? Well it turns out there is yet another benefit to consuming seafood containing large amounts of omega-3 fatty acids (or DHA) - high quantities of this substance have been found to reduce the risk of suicide in US military personnel. Just make sure you aren't trading one risk for another...Make sure you're buying the SAFEST seafood available - Safe Harbor Certified Seafood! Copyright 2011, Newswise Inc. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maria-eugenia/seafood-safety-spain_b_930438.html 08/18/2011 - As a result of pressure from Oceana, the Spanish government recently issued a formal health warning to women of child-bearing age and to children regarding unsafe levels of mercury in swordfish, bluefin tuna, and two species of sharks often eaten in Spain. This may seem like an obvious public health precaution, but in reality it marks a significant victory in a battle that lasted several years. CHEERS SPAIN!!! Copyright 2011, TheHuffingtonPost.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVXmJGW1iZY&feature=channel_video_title 08/16/2011 - Chef Dominic Tedesco gives a shout-out to Safe Harbor Certified Seafood while preparing his signature Safe Harbor Certified salmon burger! Thanks Chef!! Copyright 2011, Looplane.com.