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Wednesday, May 11, 2005

Mercury in Fish

Mercury in Fish – What You Need to Know:

"The reason for caution is that fish is often high in mercury, in the form of methyl-mercury. It is a contaminant found in varying level between fish species due to factors such as type, size, location, habitat, diet and age.

A friend of mine once spent time in Hong Kong and told me that common Hong Kong folk law said that there was so much mercury in Hong Kong harbour that the fish took their own temperature. It gave us a laugh, but there is truth behind the humour."


The mercury levels in fish are a world wide problem. How did they get theta high, why are they getting that high. What is going on in the ocean? Maybe we shouldn't be catching fish at the moment. US and Canada are telling breastfeeding mothers not to eat too much fish. We need to fix the oceans. Mercury isn't that easy to remove on a detox diet, better to go to the source. Can't believe it. What are we doing to ourselves.

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