The New York State Department of Health says that women of childbearing age and children under 15 should not eat fish containing PCBs.

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Coral-reef fish tend to grow slowly, take many years to reach reproductive age, and then spawn in only a few localised sites.

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But for the most part, women under the age of 50 and children under 15 should steer clear altogether from fish in the Hudson and East rivers.

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The recommendations are a U-turn from 2000, when the American Academy of Pediatrics issued guidelines that children should put off having milk until age 1, eggs until 2 and peanuts, shellfish, tree nuts and fish until 3.

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