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However, according to Deep Sea News, sushi may be a risk even if you're not pregnant. The blog says that it is safer to simply assume that your fish is polluted, with data from "Got Mercury?" a project of from the non-profit watchdog group Turtle Island Restoration Network. The group is collecting and testing samples of sushi from restaurants in Los Angeles, San Diego, and Chicago.
Deep Sea News reports; "What these studies have found is disturbing. More than 10% of tuna samples contain levels of mercury that shouldn't be eaten by any consumer--man, woman, or child--because they exceed the FDA's "actionable level" of mercury (1.0 ppm). Nearly 70% of sushi tuna samples collected exceed Illinois EPA's special advisory threshold."
Is it a real danger? Is it marketing? Is it some sort of campaign for other purposes other than your health? Who knows. I have taken the warning, but unfortunately, will take the risk. I love sushi.
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7-10-2007 @10:14PM jOHN! said... This better be a very cruel, very late April fools joke. I bet a little mercury isn't that bad for you.
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7-11-2007 @4:40AM Wenhaston Blackheath said... Unfortunately, a little mercury IS bad for you. It accumulates in the body over time, and can cause some horrible neurological symptoms.
Mercury from seafood killed about 1800 people at Minamata in Japan, in the mid 20th Century:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamata_disease
As I understand it, large, long-lived fish (like tuna & shark) are more likely to contain appreciable amounts of mercury.
The FDA have issued advice on how much fish to eat, and what kinds have the highest amounts of mercury:
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/admehg3.html
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7-11-2007 @11:41PM Hilary said... I am so sick of people saying pregnant women shouldn't eat fish. Scientific studies comparing women who eat fish while pregnant to women who avoid it invariably show that the babies of women do eat fish are stronger and healthier. In fact, the CDC said that fish warnings for pregnant women GO TOO FAR and are scaring women from eating fish and negatively affect their offspring.
More info:
http://www.momstinfoilhat.com/2007/02/19/seafood-is-brainfood/
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7-13-2007 @4:03PM eva said... I'm so sick of people who don't understand that not all fish is equal--for pregnant women and everyone.
Well-cooked, quick-growing middle-of-the-food-chain fish is different than tuna sashimi for lots of reasons. Raw anything is generally a bad idea--not because most of it's contaminated with nasty living things, 'cause most of it's not, but risks of certain things are higher. And even slightly elevated mercury levels are associated with all sorts of fetal development issues.
When I'm pregnant, I'm gonna eat the heck out of shrimp and salmon and low-mercury stuff. Raw oysters and tuna? No way. I can hold off.
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7-19-2007 @3:24AM R said... "We all know that eating sushi is not safe for pregnant women."
OH REALLY!? "We" do!?
Funny, it's been done in Japan (and other Asian countries) for countless decades now.
I guess umpteen generations were wrong, and American wisdom is inherently better???
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