CHILDREN and pregnant women are being warned to stop eating swordfish, shark, and marlin after it emerged they contain dangerous levels of mercury.
The Food Standards Agency are warning women intending to become pregnant to avoid the fish.
Experts at the Government agency said it had evidence that the deadly toxin, which can cause brain damage, accumulates to alarming levels in these big fish.
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