Mercury in Fish - CBS Eye Witness News KPIX part 1.wmv

inside look at mercury in seafood study from food service and supermarkets.

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[hash626]

why the hell is mercury in fish in the first place?

[Almaasak]

watch "the cove" and ull find out itz a documentary!

[viperxeon]

@hash626 Methylmercury can be carried by the air and the water from coal processing and chlorine production plants, which then are then deposited in the water naturally. America has the highest Methymercury content due to the mass of coal processing for energy.

[karlmuller1976]

you Dumbass, I became extremly ill from mercury pisoning after having many mercury amalgams removed. Mercury is the most toxic natural substance and because of pollution the sea contains amounts which are concentrated in certain fish, our own governments are telling us this and believe me they will only tell you something like that if theres a REAL problem. If you want to carry on risking eating tons of fish thats up to you but thats your choice.

[murdok620]

this is all freddy mercury's fault man

[dee4doa]

say bye bye to fish fingers then ;(

[tickyul]

@SafeHarborSeafoods There are a lot of fish that have a really good track record of having very low levels of mercury. If you want to throw the baby out with the bathwater be my guest. I prefer to logically weigh the pros and cons of what I eat. Sometimes I think people set themselves up for failure or dissapointment when they see think in such a black or white manner. Being so dogmatic usually stunts your growth, making you miss out on a lot.

[SafeHarborSeafoods]

@MultiCutegirl12 Please do not be discouraged by the mercury issue in seafood. There is a company out there dedicated to testing the fish consumers purchase. Safe Harbor Certified Seafoods is currently the only mercury testing company in the world with a cost effective testing program that gurantees that your seafood meets Safe Harbor standards (which are much more stringent than the FDA's 1ppm limit). Safe Harbor Seafoods tests more per year than any other testing company/ lab in the worlds.

[SafeHarborSeafoods]

@tickyul haha FDA safety buffer does not mean anything if they do not police or enforce this mercury guideline of 1ppm. It is a FACT that the FDA does not have enough man power nor cost effective technology to test even 1% of the fish that is sold in the US.

[SafeHarborSeafoods]

@hash626 Mercury gets into your seafood by the industrial burning of coal. Coal is burned and a form of mercury is released into the atmosphere. Because our world's oceans act as sinks and reservoirs, mercury is transformed into methylmercury by the bacteria that consume it. This process makes its way all the way up the seafood chain. As planktin consume bacteria and small and large fish consume planktin the process accumulates and compounds greatly from one fish to the next.

[SafeHarborSeafoods]

Mercury gets into your seafood by the industrial burning of coal. Coal is burned and a form of mercury is released into the atmosphere. Because our world's oceans act as sinks and reservoirs, mercury is transformed into methylmercury by the bacteria that consume it. As you could imagine, this process makes its way all the way up the seafood chain. As planktin consume bacteria and small and large fish consume planktin the process accumulates and compounds greatly from one fish to the next.