Spread the word on Omega
 

Seems that the Fish Oil caplets that Omega sells to the public are full of PCBs because they make the fish oil out of Menhaden which are filter feeders and absord PCBs.
I trust that the public will see the foolhardiness of making Fish Oil capsules out of Menhaden and STOP buying the crap.

also let it be known
 

to substitute walnuts for an oil
that fights the bad cholesteral
instead of leaning on fish oil products

I stopped buying Omega-3 supplements made from menhaden years ago. Not due to PCB’s (didn’t know) but due to the over-harvesting. There are many O-3 supplements that are made from salmon and other fishes, so check you label.

By the way, PCB is a heavy metal and I believe in persists in the food chain. Stripers, bluefish, and tuna all forage on pogies, so those PCBs would transfer. However, I’ve not heard of any warning about eating stripers/blues/tuna due to PCBs.

Almost every state has a warning about eating Stripers of some kind or another.

PCB = polychlorinated biphenyl an organic compound which builds up in fat. PCB are not heavy metals.

Correct! And... it does in fact bio-accumulate. Meaning, it gets passed on through the food chain untill it eventually reaches the apex preditors, at which point it builds up in the adipose tissue.

The Fish Dilemma: The facts about mercury, PCBs, and what's safe to eat. | Parenting Squad

Good link that explains PCB and Mercury in fish and what fish is OK and what is not , plant substitutes , etc.

Man, if that chart with the EPA data is accurate, I may have eaten my last striper.
:confused:

The one here?
Health Alerts - Seafood Selector - Environmental Defense Fund

Looks like I should be paring back on my bluefin intake as well. Too bad the seals came around, you can have 4+ servings/month of skates.

PCBs
 

They are what's called "lipid soluble". They dissolve in oils/fats, and thus are stored in the fatty tissue of the menhaden, striper, human etc.. That's why we are warned not to eat the fatty darker meat of bass, blues, swordfish, etc..

Menhaden not being carnivores would not be nearly as susceptible to bioaccumulating PBCs as predatory fish, but still.... :sick:

What is Omega? Is that a brand name or are you referring to any Omega 3 supplement?

Mine (BJs brand) comes from Anchovy and Sardine. I can tell you guys that as a runner, I had knee pain all my life. My eye doctor reccomended fish oil to help with dry eyes and also mentioned he take sit to help with joint pain related to martial arts. After a few months I noticed my knees didnt hurt anymore. This happened as I once again got back into running 5 times a week. I have to think its the pills, Im in less pain at 40 than I was at 20, true story

Omega protien Jim. They are vacuuming bunker out of the Chesapeake.
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I also would say that anchovy and sardines are on the decline world wide.
I use glucosamine,

so if...
 

HALIBUT is the only safe fish to consume - or maybe Cod

one has to assume that PCB's dont get down to the depths that
these fish inhabit....

also it's been suggested that farm raised trout havent had the exposure
to PCB's and they are a safer alternative to wild trout.

who serves the Biggest thickest SLAB of
Halibut that you know of?

i will feast there and C&R the poagie eatin fish

further readings
 

An estimated 1.3 million pounds of different types of PCBs
were dumped into the Hudson River by General Electric
from 1946 until 1977, when they were banned.
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The most common route of exposure to PCBs
is from eating contaminated fish.
The EPA estimates an increased cancer risk
as high as 1 in 2500 for people eating
certain species of fish from the Hudson River or
one thousand times higher than the EPA´s goal for protection.

Air near a contaminated site may also be polluted by PCBs.
By one estimate, residents of the Hudson Valley may inhale
as many PCBs as they would get by eating one contaminated fish per year.
~
PCBs have been found all over the world,
including significant amounts in the Arctic
and Antarctic, far from any sources.

In fact, several studies have found very high levels
of PCBs in the blood and breast milk of Inuit women.

no more rubbing noses i guess :rotf2: