Tainted fish being sold in Jamaica market. A week has passed since the capture of alleged drug dealer Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, an event that made headlines in even obscure places on the planet, but many may have missed the reports that there are suspicions that tainted fish is being sold in the Mandeville market. [News Source]

Sign aims to convince immigrants not to eat fish from river. Set to introduce a skeletal logo with a red "X" eye tomorrow, a new, multilingual campaign aims to drive home a message that bland government signs along the Sudbury River apparently have not: Don't eat the fish. [News Source]

Guelph researchers are a crucial link in food-safety information chain. A team from the University of Guelph’s Kemptville Campus is working in partnership with a team of Health Canada scientists to learn how to identify and monitor contaminated foods, so government officials can take appropriate action when necessary. [News Source]

BP oil spill a gusher for lawyers. From a legal perspective, BP's Deepwater Horizon blowout and the 1989 grounding of the Exxon Valdez are in many respects night and day. [News Source]

Gulf seafood: Who decides how safe is safe? AOL News spent the past two weeks chasing down precisely who is testing Gulf seafood, and how they decide what is safe to eat. The analysis is important. Public health experts say they are concerned less about E. coli or salmonella; what they fear is the possibility of cancer or neurologic impact. [News Source]

Junk food and obesity: Taking a cue from tobacco control. What to do about the obesity epidemic? Here's a thought: Substitute "tobacco" for "junk food." That provides a pretty clear road map about what government authorities should be doing to safeguard public health. [News Source]

Environmental anthropologist sees climate change impacts ahead. Dr. Kenny Broad, an environmental anthropologist, said the damage already is done and we likely will see the effects of climate change over the next 50 years. [News Source]

Desperate measures: The lure of an autism cure. Why do so many parents of children with autism opt for unorthodox remedies? Desperation is part of the answer. Autism is mysterious in origin, variable in manifestation, and lacks any known means of prevention or cure. And it has some unique characteristics that collectively tempt parents down the biomed route. [News Source]

Antibiotics in animals need limits, FDA says. Federal food regulators took a tentative step Monday toward banning a common use of penicillin and tetracycline in the water and feed given cattle, chickens and pigs in hopes of slowing the growing scourge of killer bacteria. [News Source]

Obesity linked to gut bacteria. The vast, diverse community of microbes inhabiting the intestines, scientists are finding, can influence metabolism and weight. [News Source]

Oil will impact winter waterfowl. The Louisiana marsh can hold between 4 million and 9 million ducks during the winter. And it’s under siege from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. That could have serious consequences when waterfowl fly south for the winter. [News Source]

Obesity linked to gut bacteria. The vast, diverse community of microbes inhabiting the intestines, scientists are finding, can influence metabolism and weight. [News Source]