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Educator Tools - Slides/Talking Points - How to Avoid Methylmercury


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Food Safety for Moms-To-Be Everything you need to conduct a food safety presentation for pregnant women.
 

Food Safety for Moms-to-Be

Powerpoint Presentation

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Slide 22. How to Avoid Methylmercury

 

How to Avoid Methylmercury

Don’t eat large, long-lived fish

  • Shark
  • Swordfish
  • King mackerel
  • Tilefish

 

 

Speaker's Notes

Here are some specific fish to avoid when you’re pregnant or thinking about becoming pregnant:
Shark, Swordfish, King Mackerel, and Tilefish.
 

 

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