• ltxrtquq@lemmy.ml
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      27 days ago

      US government scientists tested fish in 291 streams around the country for mercury contamination. They found mercury in every fish tested, according to the study by the U.S. Department of the Interior. They found mercury even in fish of isolated rural waterways. Twenty-five percent of the fish tested had mercury levels above the safety levels determined by EPA for people who eat the fish regularly.

      In 2012 the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) reported on chemical contaminants they found in the food of over 20 European countries. They established that fish meat and fish products were primarily responsible for methylmercury in the diet of all age classes. Particularly implicated were swordfish, tuna, cod, pike, whiting and hake. The EFSA recommend a tolerable weekly intake for methylmercury of 1.3 μg/kg body weight.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_in_fish

      It’s probably fine.

      • Iusedtobeanalien@lemmy.world
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        25 days ago

        Fish is eaten all around the world and has been since the dawn of time, super healthy cholesterol reducing fish.

        A great way to earn a few bob too, all you need is a boat and a net, lower your net and you get not fish but money, each one of them is free money, there are trillions of them swimming about just waiting to be caught.