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Dan Logcher[_1_]

wrote:
> January 22, 2008
>
>
> NEW YORK: Recent laboratory tests performed for The New York Times
> found so much mercury in tuna sushi that a regular diet of even two or
> three pieces a week at some restaurants could be a health hazard for
> the average adult, based on guidelines set out by the Environmental
> Protection Agency.
>
> Eight of the 44 pieces of sushi The Times purchased from local
> restaurants and stores in October had mercury levels so high that the
> Food and Drug Administration could take legal action to remove the
> fish from the market.
>
> Although all the samples were gathered in New York City, experts
> believe similar results would be observed elsewhere...

Yeah, maybe the FDA should step in and make them take more care in
aquiring safe sources. Wonder how many of these came thru Tsukiji
Fish Market. I bet its coming from Thailand or Indonesia.

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Dan