The University of North Carolina scientists collected samples of tuna and swordfish from more than 20 states and a variety of national supermarket chains, including Safeway, Albertsons and Whole Foods.
Half of the swordfish samples tested by researchers exceeded the FDA's action limit of mercury 1 parts per million (ppm). Even worse, swordfish bought in Maine and Rhode Island contained more than twice as much mercury than the FDA allows. Overall, tuna samples averaged 0.33 ppm of mercury and those analyzed from Maine, Washington, D.C., Maryland and Montana exceeded .50 ppm.
Sadly, fish would be a near-perfect food, if virtually all of them weren't contaminated with mercury. And, because this toxic substance rapidly bioaccumulates in the food chain, it is commonly found in higher concentrations of larger, older fish and predatory species like shark, tuna and swordfish.
So please avoid fish. This is especially true for children and pregnant women. So get your self a coffee grinder and start graining flax seed. Keep the flax seed in the fridge and grind it frech every day. One tea spoon every day will do.
Monday, February 5, 2007
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