If you eat Sushi, there’s something you should know. Many of the fish used to make sushi are high in mercury, a neurotoxin that can be dangerous if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. But this doesn’t* Fish to avoid for reasons other than mercury: Fish and other types of seafood are marked with an asterisk above if any of their populations are depleted due to overfishing or if the methods used to catch them are especially damaging to other sea life or ocean habitats.
Sources for NRDC’s guide: The data for this guide to mercury in fish comes from two federal agencies: the Food and Drug Information, which tests fish for mercury, and the Environmental Protection Agency, which determines mercury levels that it considers safe for women of childbearing age.
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