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Thursday, August 2, 2007

Whalemeat toxic - Japanese schools

A wholesaler prepares to sell whale meat at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo December 12, 2006. Whalemeat served in school lunches in an area of rural Japan are contaminated with alarming levels of mercury, a local assemblyman said on Wednesday, calling for a halt in plans for the meat to be shipped to schools nationwide. (Kiyoshi Ota/Reuters)
Reuters Photo: A wholesaler prepares to sell whale meat at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo December...

Wed Aug 1, 9:23 AM ET

TOKYO (Reuters) - Whalemeat served in school lunches in an area of rural Japan are contaminated with alarming levels of mercury, a local assemblyman said on Wednesday, calling for a halt in plans for the meat to be shipped to schools nationwide.

Hisato Ryono, a assemblyman in Taiji, a historic whaling town some 450 km (280 miles) west of Tokyo, said two samples of short-finned pilot whale had mercury levels 10 to 16 times more than advised by the Health Ministry.

The samples, bought from two local supermarkets, also had 10-12 times more methyl mercury than advised levels, he said.

[Source]

Shocking!
"...more methyl mercury than advised levels..."
That's a scary statement.


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posted by Inga Ambrosia at 8/02/2007 0 comments