Reeling in the Healthiest Canned Fish

Here's what independent testing found when it comes to mercury, arsenic, and omega-3s in these products

Healthiest Canned Fish
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Health experts recommend eating fish on a regular basis, and canned varieties are a convenient way to do that. But some brands of canned fish come with an unwanted ingredient: heavy metals.

Those are the findings of a recent report from ConsumerLab, a company that independently tests the c...

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