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In 1999 the world's population reached 6 billion, and has been growing at increasingly large rates ever since (UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 1999). As the population grows, our natural resources become more and more strained. The number of mouths to feed is growing exponentially. Because of this there is an ever increasing demand for fish, as well as possible alternatives to fish. In certain developing countries, such as China, India and Indonesia, the population is increasing so rapidly that controlling it would have as large effect as anything on fisheries. Education of the public in such countries is the most ethical way of going about this, though it will be a difficult task, especially in regions where family size is determined by tradition or culture. For this reason we advocate the creation and extension of programs to educate people in these developing countries about family planning and contraception. The specifics of such campaigns are outside the scope of this project, but they are relevent relevant because the population growth rate will effect fisheries in the future.The education aspect of the proposed solution would include informing people of the negative consequences of fish consumption in hopes to reduce it, such as toxic mercury content which can be found in fish species of the oceans. Mercury poses dangerous health risks, especially to children and the unborn fetuses of pregnant women. The essence of what I have copied below (I bolded the important parts) are that the way we can use it as an educational tool is that the greatest threat it poses is to children. That of course will have a large impact in the same way that society views children as victims of tobacco. There is also a website, http://www.gotmercury.org/, which let's you calculate the amount of mercury you're getting. In one can of tuna, a 147 pound person gets 115% of his weeklyallotment. (Yes I entered my own weight). Anyway, the site also discusses the excessive levels of mercury in swordfish and canned tuna. Didn't someone just mention something about tuna and greenpeace? Read the stuff below and I'll do more researchthe future.
Methyl Mercury Effects
The education aspect of the proposed solution would include informing people of the negative consequences of fish consumption in hopes to reduce it, such as toxic mercury content which can be found in fish species of the oceans. For fetuses, infants, and children, the primary health effect of methyl mercury is impaired neurological development. Methyl mercury exposure in the womb, which can result from a mother's consumption of fish and shellfish that contain methyl mercury, can adversely affect a baby's growing brain and nervous system. Impacts on cognitive thinking, memory, attention, language, and fine motor and visual spatial skills have been seen in children exposed to methyl mercury in the womb. Recent human biological monitoring by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 1999 and 2000 (PDF) (3 pp., 42 KB, About PDF) shows that most people have blood mercury levels below a level associated with possible health effects. More recent data from the CDC support this general finding.
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