Tuna: Safety and Sustainability

Tuna: Safety and Sustainability

Recent reports raise questions about mercury levels in some types of tuna. A review of the latest research into health benefits and concerns related to tuna consumption and ongoing efforts to protect Atlantic bluefin tuna populations.

Recent reports raise questions about mercury levels in some types of tuna. A review of the latest research into health benefits and concerns related to tuna consumption and ongoing efforts to protect Atlantic bluefin tuna populations.

Guests

Jackie Savitz

Pollution Campaign Director, Senior Scientist,
Oceana

Carl Safina

founder of the Blue Ocean Institute, adjunct professor at the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University, and author of "Voyage of the Sea Turtle," "Song for the Blue Ocean," and other books.

Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian

cardiologist and epidemiologist at the Harvard School of Public Health.

John Connelly

president, National Fisheries Institute

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