Mercury advisories: Information, education, and fish consumption

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Authors

Shimshack, Jay

Ward, Michael

Beatty, Timothy

Publisher

Academic Press

Abstract

This paper examines responses to a US national FDA advisory that urged at-risk individuals to limit store-bought fish consumption due to the dangers of methyl-mercury. We investigate consumer response using both parametric and nonparametric methods. Some

Keywords

Keywords: Environmental impact; Food products; Health risks; Information retrieval; Pollution control; Risk assessment; Children's health; Environmental health; Environmental risk; Fish consumption; Mercury (metal); avoidance reaction; consumption behavior; educati Advisory; Children's health; Environmental health; Environmental risk; Fish consumption; Information; Mercury; Pollution

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/28880

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ANU Research Publications

Source

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.jeem.2006.10.002

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2037-12-31

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