TY - JOUR T1 - Maternal seafood intake and child development JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 425 LP - 425 DO - 10.1136/adc.2007.119347 VL - 92 IS - 5 A2 - , Y1 - 2007/05/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/92/5/425.abstract N2 - The problem with seafood is that although it is “good for you”, it just might, on occasions and in some places, be “bad for you”. The goodness derives from its content of essential, long-chain omega-3 fatty acids, such as docosahexanoic and eicosapentanoic acids, which are essential for brain development. The badness would derive from toxins in fish, such as methylmercury and polychlorinated biphenyls. All fish contain methylmercury, but the only known cases of fetal … ER -