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Old 03-24-2011, 10:01 AM   #1
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I read an article that stated in order for you to get mercury poison from fish you would need to eat it something like 6 days a week for many months. I like fish and like to eat fish, but I would never eat it more than 2 or 3 times a week at the height of fishing season.

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Old 03-24-2011, 10:09 AM   #2
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I read an article that stated in order for you to get mercury poison from fish you would need to eat it something like 6 days a week for many months. I like fish and like to eat fish, but I would never eat it more than 2 or 3 times a week at the height of fishing season.
this is correct. For an adult, the amount of mercury you need to consume for it to have any effect is so much, that it almost impossible to get it from fish...

The main issue is with children and therefore women of childbearing age. Much smaller amounts of mercury can cause problems with the developing brain.

There has been so much confusion around this issue that many people stopped/decrease seafood consumption. such a shame. seafood is one of the most healthy things to eat on the planet, and the benefits are so outweighed by the drawbacks, that there is no reason to cut down consumption at all.....

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