port on the impacts of mercury on human health 
and the environment. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency. 
(2) 
COMMISSIONER.—The 
term 
‘‘Commis-
sioner’’ means the Commissioner of Food and 
Drugs. 
(3) 
HEALTH
PROFESSIONAL.—The 
term 
‘‘health professional’’ means any licensed profes-
sional in the dental and medical profession. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 
SEC. 4. ADVISORY NOTICES. 
(a) CONSUMER MERCURY ADVISORY NOTICE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator and the 
Commissioner shall jointly develop fish consumption 
advisories 
for 
methyl-mercury 
in 
fish. 
Such 
advisories shall be based on the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency’s Reference Dose for— 
(A) the general population; 
(B) sensitive populations; and
(C) populations consuming above average 
amounts of fish. 
(2) CONSUMER’S
NOTICE.—The Secretary, in 
consultation with the Administrator and the heads 
of State environmental agencies and health depart-
ments, shall prepare a consumer’s mercury advisory 
notice. Such notice shall be distributed widely by the 
Secretary, at no cost, to health professionals, par-
ticularly medical offices that provide gynecological, 
obstetrical, or pediatric care, and to the extent prac-
ticable shall be made available and posted in the pa-
tient or client areas of all maternal and child health 
and nutrition program offices, and shall be made 
available to health care providers, Federal, State, 
and local government agencies, and the general pub-
lic upon request. 
(3) CRITERIA.—The advisories developed under 
this subsection shall— 
(A) explain, in an easily understandable 
manner, the dangers of mercury exposure 
through the consumption of mercury contami-
nated fish to women of childbearing age, women 
who expect to become pregnant, women who are 
pregnant or breast feeding their children, and 
young children and their parents;
(B) describe, in an easily understandable 
manner, in detail the most current mercury 
health advisories prepared by the Federal Gov-
ernment concerning fish consumption, contain 
the toll free number established under para-
graph (4), and contain such other information 
as the Secretary determines appropriate; and 
(C) be printed in large type in English, 
Spanish, and other languages determined by the 
Secretary to be culturally and linguistically ap-
propriate. 
(4) TOLL-FREE
TELEPHONE
NUMBER.—The 
Secretary shall establish a toll-free telephone number 
to enable individuals to obtain additional information 
about the health advisories developed under this sub-
section concerning exposure to mercury from con-
sumption of fish and seafood, as well as exposure 
from other sources. 
(5) UPDATING OF INFORMATION.—The infor-
mation provided under this subsection shall be up-
dated periodically as determined necessary by the 
Secretary. 
(b) MERCURY WARNING CONSUMER’S GUIDE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator, in con-
sultation with the Secretary, shall prepare a con-
sumer’s guide to mercury and health advisory for 
the consumption of recreationally-caught fish. Such 
guide shall be distributed, at no cost, to— 
(A) State departments of fisheries, wildlife, 
and environmental law enforcement; 
(B) all applicants for a fishing license at 
the time the license is issued; and 
(C) to public upon request. 
(2) CRITERIA.—The guide developed under 
paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) be printed in large type in English, 
Spanish, and other languages determined by the 
Secretary to be culturally and linguistically ap-
propriate; 
(B) contain the toll free telephone number 
established by the Environmental Protection 
Agency that residents may call for further in-
formation about the health advisories contained 
in the guide. 
(3) UPDATING
OF
INFORMATION.—The guide 
developed under paragraph (1) shall be updated pe-
riodically as determined necessary by the Secretary. 
(c) CONSUMPTION ADVISORY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Ad-
ministrator, shall work with the States and other ap-
propriate entities to— 
(A) develop and distribute regional and na-
tional advisories concerning the presence of 
methyl-mercury in seafood; 
(B) develop standardized formats for writ-
ten and broadcast advisories regarding methyl- 
mercury in seafood; 
(C) develop and periodically upgrade infor-
mation related to mercury fish tissue test re-
sults and fish consumption advisories for meth-
yl-mercury; 
(D) coordinate State and local advisories 
in the formation of the National Public Edu-
cation Program under subsection (d)(1); and 
(E) coordinate with that sector of the re-
tail food industry that is engaged in the sale of 
any fresh, packaged, or frozen fish or seafood 
products intended for human consumption, con-
cerning the posting of such advisories in their 
place of business where fish are sold to inform 
women of childbearing age, pregnant, and nurs-
ing women and the parents of young children 
on the potential dangers of mercury that is 
present in certain fish or seafood.