The FDA recommends that women who are pregnant avoid eating more than three 6.00 oz servings of bluefish per month because of th
e relatively high mercury levels in that type of fish. If bluefish contains 0.309 ppm of mercury (that is, 0.309 oz of mercury per 1×106 oz of fish), how many ounces of mercury would a pregnant woman consume in a month if she ate the maximum recommended amount of bluefish?
Firts, we need to find the maximum recommended amount of bluefish per month. Since the FDA recommends <em>3 servings of 6.00 oz each</em>, the maximum amount would be:
the maximum amount of bluefish per month =
Since bluefish contains <em>0.309 ppm of mercury per 1x oz of fis</em>h, then: