A study in the US has drawn a link between eating fish regularly and getting life-threatening skin cancer.

The American study by Brown University researchers found that higher fish consumption associated with increased melanoma risk due to bio-contaminants like mercury are to blame.

Professor Clare Collins from the University of Newcastle told Liam Bartlett on 6PR Mornings that after further research, the study couldn't be ignored.

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