The recent report of high mercury levels in tuna sushi (promulgated on this blog and many other venues) may have a dubious provenance. As Japundit notes: Now I don’t know about you, but I always smell something a bit fishy whenever I hear a story about the dangers of eating food that people have been eating for a long time. (read it all if you love toro)
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I’m convinced. From now on instead of toro I’ll have sea turtle soup.
Oh, Ray. I wish I hadn’t read your comment. I have a friend who loves to tell the story of a drunk asking a waitress in a Canadian National Railroad (CNR) dining car for “turtle soup and make it snappy”.
Yes, I heard that story. And the CNR waitress made an indignant reply: “Sir, our turtle soup shall not be mocked.”
Two words: Alar scare.
Who is reporting this? And do they have a history?
Mmmmm Toro!!!!
A British study (sorry, don’t have time to find the link now) recently reported that kids with HIGHER levels of mercury exposure in utero came out noticeably better in measures of mental ability. Granted, all had just trace levels, but that’s what is being talked about here.
The British study was evaluating the effect of nutrients in seafood on fetal brain development, and concluded that there was a significant helpful effect, more than canceling out any possible negative effects that the increased but still tiny mercury levels had.
It’s like the last line of Michael Chrichton’s book “State of Fear”. “Everyone has an agenda – except for me”. The results of this “unbiased” study don’t pass the smell test. There’s an agenda here somewhere.