Biggest and best tuna tend to have the most mercury, experts say
February 11, 2008, 6:52 am
Filed under: seafood
Filed under: seafood
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By Elisabeth Rosenthal, International Herald Tribune, January 25.
Higher priced foods usually mean healthier options – but that may not be the case with tuna, new studies suggest. The large wild tuna fish that are favored by high end sushi brokers for their unique taste are probably the most likely to contain high levels of mercury, experts say. In a survey conducted by New Jersey researchers for The New York Times that was published this week, laboratory tests found high concentrations of mercury in a sampling of tuna used in sushi in New York City restaurants, some so high that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration could legally remove them from the market because mercury concentrations exceeded 1 part per million.
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