From TX Department of of State Health Services:

The Texas Department of State Health Services has issued an advisory warning people not to consume or to limit consumption of certain fish caught in all waters off the Texas coast due to unsafe levels of mercury.

Women of childbearing age, including women who are nursing, and children under 12 years old should not consume certain fish off the Texas coast. The advisory recommends women past childbearing age and adult men limit their consumption of fish from this area to no more than one or two meals per month. A meal is 8 ounces of fish. (See chart below for specific recommendations.) 

From the Tyler Police Department:

Medication Drop Off

Brookshires on Roseland Road

Saturday, April 27, 2013

10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Medication Cleanout Drop Off Event

Tyler Police Department along with (DEA) Drug Enforcement Agency and Brookshires is hosting a Medication Cleanout Event. Just drive-up and drop off your unused and expired medications for safe disposal without getting out of your vehicle.

“No Questions Asked”

Dr. Edwin Duncan named president of
Texas Surgical Society

S. Edwin
Duncan, M.D., vascular surgeon with East Texas Vascular Associates in Tyler,
was installed as 2013-2014 president of the Texas Surgical Society at its
recent annual meeting in Temple.

Dr. Duncan
began his practice of general and vascular surgery in Tyler in 1975. A veteran
of the U.S. Navy, he completed his internship at the Dallas Veterans Administration
Hospital and his residency in general surgery at the University of Texas, San
Antonio. He went on to complete fellowship training in peripheral vascular
surgery at St. Thomas Hospital-Vanderbilt University in Nashville. He is a
long-time member of the Smith County Medical Society.