FDA Inactive on Toxic Mercury Levels? - Jane Hightower

[powerlunchproduction]

Excellent video. Thanks for posting!

[hoo555hoo]

Kinki University in Japan solved the mercury problem of tuna.

They have succeeded in complete culture of bluefin tunas. So we never need to get tunas from sea with their way.

The new way market of safety tuna is growing in Japan now.

[yoshyoka]

This can only happen in the third world and the US...

[basszack]

this shouldn't surprise anyone.the fda haven't been living up to there responsibilities for a long long time.

[openyourmind678]

I am not to fond of the FDA, id like to see them done away with, they represent industry, not people's health.

[wildpeachatl737]

I don't know if I'd like to see them done away with, as their is a need to protect the public from harmful or dangerous drugs, but I do agree with you, they should work only for the purpose of protecting the people and nothing else.

[openyourmind678]

well the main reason pharmaceutical companies release harmful drugs is because they're told the FDA has to regulate them. If there were no FDA, pharmaceutical companies with self-regulate because it would be in their best interest to maintaining their credibility.

[wildpeachatl737]

Ummm...you lost me there. Wouldn't a company want to release harmful drugs when they're not regulated by any agency?

I place no faith in any company or industry to self-regulate as profit margins will always win out over the public's interest.

[openyourmind678]

Read what I said carefully. How would they make any money if they released drugs that killed people? don't you think people would notice...

[wildpeachatl737]

Sorry, I occassionally suffer from an irony deficiency...

[whispers83]

annnnnndddddddd they'll let your bloodline be the guinea pigs ;]

[wildpeachatl737]

So wouldn't this data be relevant to this finding? I mean, I'm no rocket scientist but I would say that the link is there.

I think we can figure out why the FDA is silent on this...

[trendy09]

but are you a scientist/researcher etc of any field?

[wildpeachatl737]

No, I'm not. Is that a requirement?

[lopinglobo]

Another source of mercury contamination is dental fillings....

[wildpeachatl737]

Yes, it can also be found in the emissions of coal plants and the like...

[lopinglobo]

Seems like poisons are everywhere, like the fluoride added to our water which is scraped off the inside of smoke stacks as a by product of manufacturing insecticides...

[wildpeachatl737]

And what of the mercury levels that can accumulate in the body due to immunizations? Do vaccinations have the same capability?

[nonew3]

Yes! The mercury from vaccinations accumulates in the brain!

[Slug99]

That would perhaps be true if you got vaccines every other week or so.

[wildpeachatl737]

It was always my understanding, perhaps erroneous, that mercury was a poison and highly toxic so wouldn't any amount administered over time cause harm? It's a heavy metal and cannot be processed by the human body, correct?

I'm not sure if you know, but you seem knowledgeable about the subject. What amounts of mercury is contained in the usual child dosage of a vaccination and if the substance is toxic, can there be a safe amount for humans?

[Slug99]

A single dose of vaccine with a high concentration of mercury has about 50 micrograms, about as much mercury as a gram of tuna and other fish in other words.

No, heavy metals aren't processed by the body. However they don't get stored in the body forever, if that was true then uranium, which is found in the soil and thus in all foods, would eventually destroy your body before you reached the age of 50.

[wildpeachatl737]

Okay, so the body can usually eliminate the metal and I realize that mercury is found in a vairety of foods and animate objects, but is the amount of mercury found in a can of tuna a safe amount? I remember when there was the tuna and bird concern over tuna level in Japan years ago.

What are the acceptable levels of exposure according to the FDA and EPA and how does a can of tuna relate to those stats?

[Slug99]

EPA recommended levels are 0.1 micrograms per kilogram (or 2 pounds).

Now depending on what kind of tuna you're getting the concentration in mercury can be anything from 20-70 micrograms per gram. So if one eats low mercury eating about 15 ounces of tuna is about the same as getting vaccinated once. The scare in japan was mainly because some people eat tuna very regularly and pregnant mother eating regularly it could actually damage their child much like a mother who drinks alcohol.

[wildpeachatl737]

But you should be able to eat tuna without such effects, as they don't normally contain mercury.

I don't which one to be more fearful of, vaccines or tuna. The data that you quote seems to indicate that there is a very high risk of contamination and my math may be off, but the levels are way over what's deemed acceptable.