The best advice is to avoid eating raw fish and shellfish.
Before adequate testing methods were developed, eating shellfish had an air of risk.
Most public health officials recommend that people with compromised immune systems not eat raw shellfish.
For most people, the level of mercury absorbed by eating fish and shellfish is not a health concern.
You cite an estimate that one in 250 people who eat raw shellfish will become sick.
For most people, the risk from exposure to methylmercury by eating fish and shellfish is not a health concern.
Should you really only eat shellfish when there's an 'R' in the month?
It's estimated that 1 in 250 people who eat raw shellfish will become sick.
The proposals will not increase the safety level of eating shellfish for either children or adults.
Do not eat fish or shellfish sold as bait.