From: herbridge@yahoo.com
Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 10:10 AM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: Methylmercury Contamination of Fish, FDA Docket No. OOP-1411/CP
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Food and Drug Administration, Dockets Management Branch
5630 Fishers Lane, Room 1061
Rockville, MD 20857

Dear Food and Drug Administration, Dockets Management Branch,

Please help    tighten FDA's allowable exposure level
of MERCURY in FISH  so it is consistent with the standards
of EPA and National Academy of Sciences. I support
the petition by the Center for Science in the Public
Interest to take these steps. 
The FDA also should expand protection of pregnant women,
women who may become pregnant, and nursing mothers
to avoid eating all types of methylmercury-contaminated
fish, including tuna steaks. The FDA can publicize
the risk best by requiring clear warning labels on
packages and elsewhere as needed to avoid poisoning
newborns. 



Sincerely,


herb ridge
pob 99
East Vassalboro, Maine 04935