..The mercury in Chunk Light Tuna ranged from .04 to .16 parts per million. The mercury in Albacore tuna ranged from .2 parts per million to a high of nearly .7 parts per million.
"If somebody about my size were to eat one can at .7 parts per million in a week they would be over the EPA safe level for mercury by about two and a half times," said Solomon.
Based on our results, Dr. Solomon says women and young children should eat no more than one can of Albacore tuna every ten days or one can of light or other types of tuna every four days. "I think that these results are very interesting and important, the levels of mercury in some of these types of canned tuna are high enough that people really need to know about them and limit their consumption of the high white or Albacore brands of tuna."
Consumer Paige Investigation: Tuna Test Results For Mercury Levels
Non-Albacore Tuna: * Concentration mg/kg (mercury in parts per million)
1. Trader Joe's Tongol Chunk Light Tuna .04 - .07 (Cindy's favorite and it's cheap!!)
2. Ralph's Chunk Light Yellow Fin Tuna .05 - .07
3. Chicken of the Sea Chunk Light Tuna .11 - .26
4. King of the Sea Fancy Solid Tuna .08 - .13
5. Smiling Sea Solid While Tuna .12 - .16
Albacore Tuna: * Concentration mg/kg (mercury in parts per million)
1. Chicken of the Sea- Solid White Albacore Tuna .21 - .31
2. Star Kist- Solid While Albacore Tuna .24 - .38
3. Trader Joe's- Albacore Solid While Tuna .32 - .49
4. Ralph- Solid White Tuna Fancy Albacore .29 - .47
5. Bumble Bee- Solid White Albacore .27 - .67
6. Geisha- Albacore Solid White Tuna .38 - .64
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