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The Health Department said canned tuna marked "chunk light" or "chunk" has less mercury than tuna marked "solid white" or "chunk white."

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A new study from Consumer Reports magazine recommends that pregnant women avoid eating canned tuna. It was previously believed that light tuna had lower mercury content. ... text sizeA A A ... June 6, 2006

“Experts theorize that albacore, because it is a short-lived species, would tend to have less mercury than bigger, longer-lived tuna such as Blue-fin or Big-eye Tuna.

"Tuna fish has too much mercury to be eaten regularly by pregnant women andyoung children.

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Meanwhile, reporters who have written about mercury in tuna have found themselves in hot water with the industry.

smaller juvenile tuna have less mercury, swim near the surface so they can be caught with less destructive fishing gear, but they have not had the chance to do all of their reproducin’,