CALIFORNIA - Major restaurant chains including Cheesecake Factory and P.F. Chang’s wil be required to post warnings for customers about mercury in fish, as part of a settlement announced early Feb. by Attorney General Bill Lockyer.
“We’re not trying to discourage people from eating fish, which is an important source of protein and an important part […]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said last week that number of U.S. lakes and rivers contaminated with mercury, a highly toxic metal that poses health risks for pregnant women and young children, continues to rise despite the fact that U.S. emissions of mercury have declined by almost 50 percent since 1990.
In 2003, 48 states, the […]