On Monday, August 8, 2016 at 8:57:12 PM UTC-10, The New Other Guy wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Aug 2016 17:37:03 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>
> >i just watched a movie, The Cove, filmed in Japan,
> >and the Dolphins had a very [unacceptably] high mercury content
> >
> >and they mentioned Tuna was also high, although i don't remember the details on tuna
> >
> >i was wondering about the mercury content of Salmon,
> >which i like to eat, and any other fish...?
>
> From Men's Health..
>
> Most experts can agree on at least two facts, though.
>
> #1: Fish is good for you. Research has shown that it may lower your risk
> of heart disease death, says Dariush Mozaffarian, M.D., Dr.P.H., dean of
> the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University.
> Emerging but not-yet-established evidence suggests that eating fish may
> also help combat stroke, obesity, cognitive decline, depression, cancer,
> inflammatory disorders, and asthma. Restricting your fish intake could
> make you miss out on all those benefits.
>
> #2: The risks from mercury have been overhyped. Mercury can harm the
> developing nervous systems of fetuses and young children, according to the
> FDA. But when the agency warned pregnant women to limit consumption of
> high-mercury fish in 2004, it set off unnecessary panic for everyone else,
> Dr. Mozaffarian says.
>
> The truth is, those warnings never applied to the general public. However,
> it is possible for adults to get mercury poisoning. You just have to eat a
> lot of high-mercury fish for that to happen.

I was talking to a guy last week that says he eats a lot of ahi. His doctor told him that he had the highest mercury levels of anybody he's ever seen. The guy says he's switched to salmon and other fish. Good idea.