Skin cancer warning over eating fish

EATING two portions of fish per week has been linked to an increased risk of skin cancer, a study suggests.

The NHS recommends that people should eat at least two portions of fish per week, including one of oily fish, with a portion weighing around 140g.

But now researchers in the US have warned that this amount may be putting people at risk of malignant melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer.

Other experts said fish was an important healthy food and there was no need to stop eating it.

In the new research, experts from Brown University found that people whose typical daily intake of fish was 42.8g (equivalent to about 300g per week) had a 22% higher risk of malignant melanoma than those whose typical daily fish intake was just 3.2g.