Seafood ChoiCeS

Seafood Choices: Balancing Benefits and Risks
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risks associated with seafood
consumption, 122–138, 152
in seafood, 55–57, 260
summary of evidence, 137–138
warnings of potential danger from, 18,
45
MFFT. See Matching familiar figures test
MI. See Myocardial infarction
Microalgae, 21
Microbiological hazards, 153–168
estimating frequency of seafoodborne
illnesses, 154–155
reducing risk of seafoodborne illness,
155, 159–168
risks associated with, 153–168
Mini-Mental Status Examination, 133
Mollusks, 17, 154–155, 165, 176, 285
Monitoring of methylmercury and POPs.
See also Biomonitoring
by federal agencies, recommendations
for increasing, 7, 178
Monte Carlo analysis, 137, 286
Mortality, all-cause, 93
Mothers. See Women
MPCOMP. See Mental Processing
Composite
Multiethnic Cohort (MEC) Study, current
seafood intake by, 38–39
Multipliers, 154, 286
Myocardial infarction (MI), 93, 100, 134,
138, 286
MyPyramid food guidance system, 19, 286
recommendations from, 19
N
National Academies, 27, 135
National associations, 269
National Fish Meal and Oil Association,
175
National Food and Nutrient Analysis
Program, 207
National Food Consumption Survey, 219
National Health and Nutrition Examination
Survey (NHANES), 27, 33, 36, 49,
57, 123–124
National Institutes of Health (NIH), 207,
249
National Listing of Fish Advisories
database, 22
SEAFOOD ChOICES
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS),
26, 30–33, 43
disappearance data by seafood type,
32
Science Board, 26
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), 7, 26–27,
178
National Report of Human Exposure to
Environmental Chemicals, 144
National Research Council (NRC), 128,
135, 140
National School Lunch Program, 19
National Shellfish Sanitation Program, 162
National Uniformity for Food Act, 223
Native American populations. See also
Indigenous peoples
current seafood intake by, 40–41
Native Hawaiians, in the MEC Study,
38–39
Naturally occurring toxins, 168–171
ciguatera and scombroid, 168–170
risks associated with, 168–171
shellfish toxins, 170–171
Navigator, 259
NCP. See Northern Contaminants Program
The Netherlands, 72, 143
Neurodevelopmental effects, as children
mature, 137, 143, 197
Neurological outcomes
mechanisms of methylmercury impact
on, 689
studies on, 104, 129, 658–669
Neurological toxicity of methylmercury,
124–133, 689
nutritional factors moderating, 137
Neurotoxic Shellfish Poisoning (NSP), 170
Neurotoxins, 55
Neurotransmitters, 89
New Jersey, 138
New Zealand Study, epidemiological study
on methylmercury, 125, 127, 129,
136–137
Newark Bay Complex anglers, 41–42
NGOs. See Nongovernmental organizations
NHANES. See National Health and
Nutrition Examination Survey
NIH. See National Institutes of Health
NLV. See “Norwalk-like” viruses
NMFS. See National Marine Fisheries
Service
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