Tuna suit.Tuna Suit: The makers of Bumble bum·ble 1 v. bum·bled, bum·bling, bum·bles v.intr. 1. To speak in a faltering manner. 2. To move, act, or proceed clumsily. See Synonyms at blunder. v.tr. Bee, Chicken of the Sea and Starkist brands of canned tuna were sued by the state of California for failing to warn customers that their products contain mercury. State Attorney General Bill Lockyer William Westwood "Bill" Lockyer (born May 8, 1941) is the current State Treasurer of California. Prior to this, he served as California's Attorney General and head of the Department of Justice for the U.S. state of California. says the companies are violating Proposition 65, which requires businesses to notify consumers about chemicals that can cause cancer and birth defects birth defects, abnormalities in physical or mental structure or function that are present at birth. They range from minor to seriously deforming or life-threatening. A major defect of some type occurs in approximately 3% of all births. . Lockyer last year filed a similar suit against grocery stores and restaurants that sell shark, swordfish swordfish, large food and game fish, Xiphias gladius, of the warmer Atlantic and Pacific waters, related to the sailfish. It is named for its sharp, broad, elongated upper jaw, which it uses to flail and pierce its prey of smaller fish, rising beneath a school and tuna. The tuna industry said its products are safe. |
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