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Originally Posted by piemma
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.
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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.