PrintShould We Stop Eating Tuna?
"No. Overall, the dangers of not eating fish [including tuna] outweigh the small possible dangers from mercury. The recommended amount for adults is to eat one or two servings of fish per week — but probably only 10% to 20% of the population in the U.S. eats sufficient fish. The real danger in this country, the real concern, is that we're not eating enough fish. That is very likely increasing our rates of death from heart disease."
Thanks goes to Time for its straightforward Q&A with Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, assistant professor of medicine and epidemiology at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health, on the potential dangers of eating mercury-rich fish.
The National Fisheries Institute has also issued a rebuttal to the Times story. As an industry trade group its response had to be both swift and slanted, as the Newsweek science blog pointed out. This story just keeps getting bigger and bigger.
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3 Comments:
In my opinion, we never should have started. I like all kinds of fish, but I can't stand tuna.
cfinke at 2:01PM on 01/25/08
Look, we've all got to go. And if I'm gonna go, I'm gonna go out happy. Six pieces of Maguro? Line 'em up!
philn at 2:24PM on 01/25/08
Speaking of non-sushi tuna, is it just me or is the canned "solid white" you find in the market these days actually "chunk light"? I remember when solid white Albacore would come out of the can in one piece. Nowadays all the solid white tuna I buy is more pink and flaky. Also it tastes fishier. I'm referring to the popular brands like Chicken of the Sea or Bumble Bee.
RichardCrystal at 9:52AM on 01/26/08