jm of Augusta, ME mikes:

Any idea who is behind mercuryfacts.org? They don't seem to be too forthcoming about who is running that organization. Could it be people in the food industry?report abuse

mikes of waterville, ME This may account for Rice’s problems

A onetime Environmental Protection Agency toxicologist, Dr. Deborah Rics now works for the Maine Bureau of Health. While at the EPA, she was one of three scientists responsible for determining the agency’s mercury “Reference Dose” -- a hyper-precautionary standard with a built-in tenfold safety factor. In 2005 she was hired as an “expert witness” by the losing side in a landmark California court case which ultimately ruled that the state’s Attorney General could not mandate public mercury warnings wherever canned tuna is sold.

During the trial, Dr. Rice argued in favor of setting the state’s Maximum Allowable Dose Limit (MADL) for mercury in fish so low that (in the words of Judge Robert Dondero) “all servings of fish and shellfish larger than literally a grain of rice would require a warning.” Given Rice’s questionable credentials -- she “had never calculated an MADL” and was “not Board Certified” -- the Judge was understandably skeptical of her “expert” opinion.

Ultimately, the judge dismissed Dr. Rice’s testimony as “misleading” as well as “unreliable” and “biased.”

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HaroldR Soule of Brownville, ME Brian - when you're missing a sock in the morning do you blame the Dems for that too! How's the republican thing working for you? Do you like the record high (& rising) gas/oil prices in effect thanks to your oil man in Washington for the past 7 years? Is that $600 check that's in the mail going to stop the recession or buy you a couple weeks worth of groceries? You want lower taxes, tell your boy "W" to apply the billions of dollars wasted on a war we have no business waging to help the folks here at home. God bless America & try to have a nice day! d:-)
Try to have a nice day! d:-)report abuse

Brian of West Gardiner, ME Hannah...dear....lets concentrate on ....LOWERING MAINE TAXES instead of this crap!

Just another democrat avoiding the tax and spend habit in the legislature!report abuse