High mercury levels in tuna sushi
On 2008-02-01 07:33:38 -0800, Warren > said:
> Gerry wrote:
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>>> We did? When did I begin knowing this?
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> C'mon Gerry,you're arguing semantics.
Yeah, so it seems. I thought you meant (all of us here in alt.food.sushi.
> "We" is used often colloquially. High mercury content in large
> predatory fish has been all over the news for years, there is plenty of
> industry buzz, and doctors have been telling pregnant & lactating women
> and children to avoid these kinds of fishes for a long time.
Since I never heard it directed to sushi, directed to ubiquity in sushi
or knew/realized that mercury was something that never based from the
system, it didn't really interest me. I loved Marvin Gaye back when,
owned and played "What's Going On", but apparently didn't parse it out
enough. :-)
> If you have somehow missed out on the news, it is surprising to me, but
> it's old news. I first heard it in the mid 90's and stopped eating
> salmon skin rolls for that very reason. I'm not telling you what to do,
> just saying that while I despise media fear mongering, the NYT does
> have a point.
Well they got my attention. Some times it takes a very large BANG to
accomplish that.
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