Mercury in Fish
Anyone know anything about these guys http://www.fishscam.com/? I'd love to believe what they say, that I can eat more fish safely. And I have in inherent distrust of the media to tell me much more than the latest scare stories, which is where I picked up my mercury fears.
posted by Ellen @ Saturday, May 20, 2006
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I don't know anything about that website, but I do know that the "don't eat the tilefish!" mercury warnings comes from a 1979 study done on 60 fish in the Gulf of Mexico. Which, granted, is where most of the tilefish sold to grocery stores & resturants comes from, but still--60 fish! in 1979! I don't know about other studies, but knowing that this one is old and limited makes me wonder . . .
The group is funded and supported by people that sell fish. The tone seeks to demonize people that study the effects and level of mercury in fish. That approach leaves me VERY suspicious. If they were unbiased and simply trying to get 'the truth' out they could refute the arguments put forward by researchers.
It reminds me of people that tear apart researchers studying global warming...
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