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    Tuna and swordfish collected from some California grocery stores and sushi restaurants contained mercury levels as much as three times the threshold that authorizes federal food regulators to pull seafood from shelves, according to a study by an environmental health group. And despite pervasive concerns about the toxic heavy metal in fish, not one of the restaurants and fewer than half of the grocery stores displayed signs warning consumers about the risks of mercury exposure, according to GotMercury.org, a public health advocacy group in San Francisco. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com

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    Tuna and swordfish collected from some California grocery stores and sushi restaurants contained mercury levels as much as three times the threshold that authorizes federal food regulators to pull seafood from shelves, according to a study by an environmental health group. And despite pervasive concerns about the toxic heavy metal in fish, not one of the restaurants and fewer than half of the grocery stores displayed signs warning consumers about the risks of mercury exposure, according to GotMercury.org, a public health advocacy group in San Francisco. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com

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    Results of mercury testing in store-bought fish, restaurant sushi

    GotMercury.org, a public advocacy group in San Francisco, collected and tested 98 samples of fish from
    supermarkets and restaurants throughout California. Below are the results from the Bay Area.

    Mercury level (parts per million) Below 0.5 0.5 to 1 1 to 2 More than 2

    GROCERY STORES Ahi tuna/


    Store/address City Swordfish yellowfin tuna Other
    United Market, 100 Red Hill Ave. San Anselmo 2.06
    United Market, 515 Third St. San Rafael 1.98 1.09
    Whole Foods, 340 Third St. San Rafael 1.91 0.62
    Mollie Stone’s, 2435 California St. San Francisco 1.88 0.21
    Whole Foods, 1765 California St. San Francisco 1.34 0.69
    Trader Joe’s, 401 Bay St. San Francisco 1.23 0.04 0.23 (Halibut)
    Safeway, 15 Marina Blvd. San Francisco 1.22 0.01
    Whole Foods, 3950 24th St. San Francisco 1.13 0.21
    Mollie Stone’s, 635 Portola Dr. San Francisco 1.02 0.29
    Cala Foods, 1095 Hyde St. San Francisco 0.54
    Safeway, 838 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. San Anselmo 0.47
    Safeway, 850 La Playa St. San Francisco 0.46
    Trader Joe’s, 337 Third St. San Rafael 0.31 0.32 (Albacore tuna)

    SUSHI RESTAURANTS San Pablo


    101 Bay
    Restaurant/address City Tuna San 4
    Anselmo San Rafael
    Yo Yo Sushi, 3958 Rivermark Plaza Santa Clara 0.89
    Mill Valley
    Blowfish Sushi, 355 Santana Row San Jose 0.85 Berkeley
    Michi Sushi, 2220 Winchester Blvd. Campbell 0.82 Oakland
    San Francisco 680
    Zushi Puzzle, 1910 Lombard St. San Francisco 0.81 580
    San
    Robata Grill & Sushi, 591 Redwood Hwy. Mill Valley 0.77 Francisco
    Bay 92
    880
    Sushi To Dai For, 816 Fourth St. San Rafael 0.75 Pacific
    Ocean 280
    84
    Coach Sushi, 23 Grand Ave. Oakland 0.51
    Sushiko Japanese, 64 Shattuck Square Berkeley 0.47 1 101

    Tamasei Sushi, 3856 24th St. San Francisco 0.25 Santa Clara
    0 10 San
    Jose
    Ebisu Japanese Restaurant San Francisco 0.16 MILES Campbell
    Source: GotMercury.org Todd Trumbull / The Chronicle

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