Mercury advisories: Information, education, and fish consumption
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Mercury advisories: Information, education, and fish consumption
This paper examines responses to a 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 targeted consumers significantly reduced canned fish purchases as a result of the advisory, suggesting that information-based policies can achiev...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0095-0696
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2006.10.002