Mercury Levels in Tuna are High and getting even Higher
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http://www.onearth.org/earthwire/tuna-mercury-levels-rising?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=socialmedia
There is a link to the actual scientific journal entry in the article I linked but the writer did a good job of distilling it down and providing some good background information on the subject.
A study published yesterday in the journal Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry suggests that day has come. Mercury levels in fish are indeed rising, and it’s probably going to get worse.A scary and troubling trend.
Over the past 17 years, the researchers conclude, the concentration of mercury in yellowfin tuna has increased by approximately 3.8 percent annually. At the current rate of mercury emission, they could become a very dangerous thing to eat in a decade or two.
There is a link to the actual scientific journal entry in the article I linked but the writer did a good job of distilling it down and providing some good background information on the subject.
By psychintellectSo is it okay for me to expect to gain superpowers?You can expect to gain the ability to sleep without waking up.
By viakadoscary times,One of the prevailing theories is that the high percentage of coal mining is releasing mercury into the atmosphere which finds it's way into the water (via rain, etc) and by way of the food chain, into the fish.
i wonder what's causing the rise of mercucy levels.
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I am going to prepare my kids for when my brain goes. I'm from the Gulf Coast. One does not simply stop eating seafood.
Tuna is actually bad for pregnant women to eat. There have been studies that link the mercury levels in tuna and rise in the number of children's with Autism.
http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/prenatal-mercury-and-autism/
http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/prenatal-mercury-and-autism/
