Show Mercury Level No Threat There is no justification for closing any waterfowl hunting season because of mercury levels in according to the Interior Department's Fish and Wildlife IN TESTS the Service conducted during the past only 30 of ducks had a breast muscle mercury content exceeding the Food and Drug Administration's permissible limit of parts per million for domestic meats moving in interstate Levels were as low as and as high as Breast muscle was tested since it is the favored part of the duck for ii THE report cautions that which sometimes are have averaged from two to five times as much mercury content per unit of weight as have breast Samples were from ducks of 11 species shot during the hunting season at 21 locations widely distributed throughout the United these plus the likelihood that most hunters eat ducks only a human health hazard seems the report It adds that trouble spots definitely deserve a closer and will be investigated in |