I refer mothersto the following websites from the Food and Drug Administration for specific dietary guidelines on eating fish and shellfish. Draft Advice For Women Who Are Pregnant, Or Who Might Become Pregnant, and Nursing Mothers, About Avoiding Harm To Your Baby Or Young Child From Mercury in Fish and Shellfish. Dec. 10, 2003 http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/mehgadvisory1208.htmlMercury Levels in Seafood Species Tables providing the mean and range of mercury levels in a variety of fish and shellfish. http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~frf/sea-mehg.html Also, Consumer Reports has an interesting article "America's fish: Fair or foul? In tests of fish bought across the U.S., we found some room for improvement. " February 2001 http://www.consumerreports.org/main/content/display_report.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=341171&bmUID=1078328029357 Judy Gutowski, BA, LLLL, IBCLC Breastfeeding Matters Western PA *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html