Word: tuna
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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DOLPHIN-SAFE TUNA...
...picture of her husband playing golf, Mrs. Quayle has been trying to soften her Cruella De Vil image. She is cooler in interviews and slower to anger. She proudly announces that she saves money by shopping monthly at the Price Club and that her kids come home and eat tuna "right out of the can." Normally careful to shield her children from public scrutiny, she now admits the abortion gaffe was unfortunate and "embarrassing" to her daughter Corinne. "We have reared our daughter so this would have to be a hypothetical situation," said Mrs. Quayle. But, she added, the girl...
...Dear President Rudenstine, when you are eatingdinner tonight, don't forget those of us who canonly afford tuna for lunch," wrote another worker...
...stronger inspection system has been underscored by a number of incidents. Last week three former inspectors for the Food and Drug Administration pleaded guilty to accepting bribes in return for approving mercury-tainted swordfish and decomposing lobster. And last month the FDA revealed that a shipment of contaminated tuna from Ecuador led to an outbreak of food poisoning involving 79 people in eight states...
...chain. In a process called biomagnification, tiny fish pick up contaminants from the plankton they feed on in polluted waters, concentrating heavy metals like methylmercury in their organs. The little fish in turn are eaten by larger fish, further concentrating the toxins. In big, finned predators like swordfish and tuna, the contaminants can reach levels that may be harmful to the next link in the food chain: humans. Though its samples were limited to two cities -- a point seized upon by critics, who also questioned testing procedures -- the Consumers Union study found that 40% of its swordfish samples had levels...