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- digitalmoto, on 01/24/2008, -1/+32This is not new - the high mercury content in fish like Tuna has been well known for a long time.
Eating Tuna sushi is completely fine as long as you are not eating 2 pounds of it on a daily basis. - brentinkc, on 01/24/2008, -3/+25Mercury; sweetest of the transition metals.
- wiifm69, on 01/24/2008, -2/+23probably because they don't eat mercury
- socialpyramid, on 01/24/2008, -2/+22Where are all those investment bankers going to take their clients now?
- Dhalsim007, on 01/24/2008, -2/+21Well, don't order the Tuna and Mercury Roll..... yeesh.... ;-)
- inactive, on 01/24/2008, -0/+18And I thought the Japanese were one of the healthiest and longest living nations on earth...
- positron, on 01/24/2008, -1/+19Sushi is not defined by the inclusion of raw fish. That is only a belief held by people who never bothered to learn anything about it. Sushi is defined by the sweet vinegar rice mixture. There are plenty, I'd dare say a majority, of sushi dishes which contain only cooked ingredients and/or fresh vegetables. Only ocean fish, unlikely to contain parasites, are used raw in sushi preparation.
- swaggadocio, on 08/20/2008, -1/+13To a titty bar... duh!
- socialpyramid, on 01/24/2008, -1/+12True, but that's often not the best environmental choice. Alaskan wild salmon is the way to go now, and it's healthier (no dyes and less toxins like dioxin generally). http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/01/08/health/m ...
- Stonedonkey, on 01/24/2008, -0/+10The actual article: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/23/dining/23sushi.h ...
Don't rely on Internet rehash. - UltraPenguinX, on 01/24/2008, -0/+9Delicious, delicious mercury.
- nepawoods, on 01/24/2008, -1/+9Read the article? High mercury content in tuna has been well known. Not this high.
- jjpertusch, on 01/24/2008, -1/+9i eat sushi because its delicious, not to have a healthy, mercury free meal.
- dinostabOMG, on 01/24/2008, -1/+9Tuna *****? Maybe you're thinking of salmon roe?
- eightballrj, on 01/24/2008, -1/+8Don't 5lbs of tuna for breakfast lunch and supper. Everything in moderation children....
- MikeFromAmerica, on 01/24/2008, -1/+7Parasites help fight obesity.
- inactive, on 01/24/2008, -1/+7macs
- karapuz, on 01/24/2008, -0/+6Canned light tuna generally has less mercury than blue fin tuna and white tuna (albacore).
On average, canned albacore contained mercury at 0.35 parts per million, while light tuna had 0.12 parts per million.
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20040327/food. ...
You can calculate safe fish consumption using the mercury calculator: (it depends on your weight and what you eat)
http://www.gotmercury.org/ - fasda, on 01/24/2008, -4/+9They must have gotten the fish from NJ
- rdoger6424, on 01/24/2008, -0/+5I've seen spam more coherent than what you just posted
- nepawoods, on 01/24/2008, -0/+5The bigger the fish, the more concentrated the mercury, as they absorb and hold the mercury from the many smaller fish they eat, and it takes many pounds of little fish to make a pound of big fish.
- mattsx, on 01/24/2008, -0/+5Two tunas one cup?
- tucsonsun13, on 01/24/2008, -1/+5Environmental toxins are everywhere - in your air, water, skin, food.
I follow the words of George Carlin http://video.aol.com/video-detail/george-carlin-ge ... - tomatensaft, on 01/24/2008, -0/+4I believe, it implicitly states that there is a higher level of individually unsolvable social issues in that society, or at least, the level and the amount of these issues is higher than people from this society can handle, hence suicidal tendency.
- JigoroKano, on 01/24/2008, -1/+5It's flash frozen, so no, you shouldn't be getting worms from it.
- DonJohnTom, on 01/24/2008, -1/+5mcdonalds?
- tucsonsun13, on 01/24/2008, -2/+6I'm not worried.
- bubba9999, on 01/24/2008, -0/+3It makes sense that sushi tuna at a premium restaurant is higher than elsewhere. They probably get the primo super-fatty cuts because they're the tastiest. Mercury is retained in fatty tissues.
- tucsonsun13, on 01/24/2008, -1/+4woops
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids. ... - antifreze, on 01/24/2008, -0/+3cant do the apples, too many pesticides in the soil that the tree is growing out of...
- centran, on 01/24/2008, -1/+4You should never eat sushi more then once a week. Every once in awhile two times. This is because all fish have mercury in them.
I do realize that this article talks about a higher then normal amount of mercury but a lot of people do not know they have to limit their fish consumption. - alexvalentine, on 01/24/2008, -0/+3Dugg down for being a rehash of a NYT article with no link.
- simplenation, on 01/24/2008, -0/+3here is the original article from the New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/23/dining/23sushi.h ... - slightlygifted, on 01/24/2008, -0/+3i knew i shouldnt of had that tuna sandwich for breakfast........or that tuna snack......or those tuna fishsticks for lunch......or all that sushi for dinner.........*****.
- simplenation, on 01/24/2008, -0/+3lucky. i got an expensive habit.
- Winoria, on 01/24/2008, -0/+2Well if we could reduce mercury emissions around the world, maybe we could weed it out of the food chain by taking it with us to our graves. Just goes to show that many pollutions sneak back to bite us in the ass.
- ConanTL, on 01/24/2008, -1/+3That's the problem with the whole Omega 3 craze going on at the moment. People are advising us to eat tons of fish, which considering how toxic our waters have become, isn't such a great idea. Fish are fairly high up on the food chain and since certain toxins like mercury can't be digested and don't break down on their own they go up the food chain until they land in fairly concentrated levels in fish. So take it easy on the fish people ... if you want omega 3s you can also get them in rapeseed oil or linseed oil or walnuts (etc.).
- shakbhaji, on 01/24/2008, -0/+2Actually, lead acetate was used by Romans to sweeten wine, and as a sugar substitute throughout history. The Romans also thought it could cure venereal disease, when actually all it could cure was a mean case of the "alivesies." (read: it's ***** toxic)
- abid786, on 01/24/2008, -1/+3Your McDonald's can give me heart disease. I don't mess with that.
- cyclonesworld, on 01/24/2008, -2/+4Tuna in a can contains small amounts of mercury. If you eat too much of it you can get mercury poisoning. I'd guess pretty much all fish caught in ocean are the same.
- orxor, on 01/24/2008, -0/+2coke?
- riverstyx, on 01/24/2008, -2/+4The fish are rebelling. They don't like us killing and eating them by the boatload, so they're taking matters into their own fins, so to speak.
Let's see..Chicken is no good, pork is no good, beef is no good, red meat is no good, and now fish is no good. We'll all be back to eating apples off the trees in our back yards eventually. - poppacherry, on 01/24/2008, -0/+2wait, no lead?
- Turbo3G, on 01/25/2008, -0/+2Maybe they're just crazy from all the mercury...
- GorfTron, on 01/24/2008, -1/+3My biology professor said "eat chicken of the land, not chicken of the sea"
- lostngone, on 01/24/2008, -4/+6The website is "thedailygreen" they are just trying to scare us into eating Granola.
- AndyStitzer, on 01/24/2008, -1/+3That's absurd. Everyone knows cobalt is the sweetest transition metal.
- captinherb, on 01/24/2008, -1/+3Carlin's talking about people fear of germs and their irrational response. Being concerned about consuming mercury is not the same thing as bleaching your whole house trying to get rid of any germs. You might as well say 'Cars are everywhere so don't bother looking before you cross the street'.
- groov, on 01/24/2008, -0/+2Instead of mercury, salmon has lead in it, especially the farmed salmon. You are advised not eat salmon more than once a week.
- centran, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1You can also just get Omega 3 pills. However, watch out for the cheap stuff as they too can contain mercury as some companies don't remove it or even bother testing the levels. The wonders of un-regulated "medicine" because it isn't really medicine.
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