How Much Mercury Is In Fish?
All fish are polluted with mercury regardless of where they are caught. In general large fish contain more mercury than smaller fish. Predatory fish usually have more mercury than bottom feeders. Albacore tuna contains more mercury than conventional tuna. Your mother was right when she told you fish are brain food so it is hard to give up eating a valuable food like fish. Because of the slow excretion of mercury in healthy adults I think it may be wise to limit fish intake to one meal weekly. An article from the Max-Planck Institute was printed in October 2003 in the Christian Science Monitor. Their studies revealed that 5000 metric tons of mercury enter the atmosphere each year. This mercury is originating from plastic manufacturing, incineration of wastes, burning coal etc. mentioned earlier. Mercury has been identified in the ice packs at both the North and South Poles in sizable amounts. In 2002 the Environmental News Agency did an article reporting the results of the International
