August 30, 200619 yr Watch out sushi lovers.. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/custom/...story?track=rss Tribune staff report Published August 30, 2006, 12:02 PM CDT Some of the tuna served in Chicago's top sushi restaurants contains so much mercury that it shouldn't be eaten by anyone — man, woman or child — according to a study released today by the group Environment Illinois. "Mercury contamination is a toxic threat to food safety in Illinois," said Max Muller, an advocate for the nonpartisan environmental advocacy group, in a news release announcing the study, called Toxic Tuna. More at link.
August 30, 200619 yr The trib did a series on this ages ago. I've never been a huge fish fan, but I eat even less now. I've also heard (but not seen any scientific data yet) that the increase in mercury in food may be related to the increase in austism rates (take that fwiw, which may be nothing)
August 31, 200619 yr QUOTE(Soxy @ Aug 30, 2006 -> 01:44 PM) The trib did a series on this ages ago. I've never been a huge fish fan, but I eat even less now. Tuna AND walleye. But they do say salmon is pretty safe. And tilapia -- meh.
August 31, 200619 yr All of our food is unsafe to some degree. The more we process it, the more we manufacture meat, the less safe it is. I've just read the mercury warnings, and don't forget aluminum cookware may be linked to Alzheimers.
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