What are the mercury and heavy metal contents?
OmegaMaine omega-3 oil is essentially free of heavy metals and can be taken daily without limits. Our oils receive a certificate of analysis indicating that mercury, as well as aluminum, cadium, nickel, lead, and chromium content is below detectable levels (.01ppm) by using modern analytical instrumentation such as electrospray mass spectrometry. We send additional samples to the most qualified and FDA approved lab for further testing. We test for mercury, lead, nickel, cadium, aluminum, 208 different PCBs (environmental toxins), furans, dioxins, and other various pesticides. These levels are below all generally accepted concerns about heavy metals. You would probably find more mercury in vegetables than in our fish oil. Why are the levels so low? If one harvests small fish that do not eat other fish, the levels are naturally low. Further, the longer a fish lives in the water, the exposure to heavy metal increases and accumulation increases. The warmer seas seem to allow the fish to ac
