Now At Ralph's & Whole Foods - New Mercury-Reduced Tuna!

[hatrack]

No, I am not making this up.

August 22, 2006 - For those who've lowered their tuna consumption due to mercury scares, here's great news. Some canners are producing tuna products not only lower in mercury, but high in omega-3 fats.

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If you like your tuna plain and simple, Wild Planet and King of the Sea companies offer reduced mercury tuna in traditional flavors.

Bill Carvhalo of Wild Planet says, their tuna is lower in mercury due to the fact it's caught within three years of life. Thus there's less exposure to mercury, providing a healthier product. In addition, they can their tuna in its own natural juices, cooking it in the can, which in turn provides even more omega-3 fats.

No surprise you'll pay a bit more for the benefits, these cans cost between $1.99 and $5.39 each. You'll find Wild Planet and King of the Sea at select Ralph's, and G'Day Gourmet at Whole Foods. Wild Oat's will carry it in the fall.

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http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=seenon&id=4487053

Hmm. Will they also market a subsidized brand for pregnant poor women?

Yeah, I didn't think so either . . .

[whistle]

1. Shouldn't the goal be mercury free tuna? Zero mercury ! How about..

...other toxins in seafood?

<snip>
Paul Watson: Toxic roulette and the revenge of the fish

Tuesday August 22, 2006


It looks like the fish are turning the tables on humanity. Not by choice but because ecological realities have boomeranged back upon humankind.

Tins of tuna fish now contain warnings that the product should not be eaten by pregnant women or young children because of high levels of mercury and other toxic heavy metals.

Farm raised salmon in North America contain antibiotics, growth hormones and even a dye to colour the flesh a pleasing pink while still alive.

Long-living fish like halibut, cod, orange roughy and swordfish contain large amounts of heavy metals. When you can live over a century like a halibut, you accumulate decades of toxins. When you live high up on the food chain, you build up mercury and other heavy metals.

Orcas in the Pacific Northwest of the United States are the most chemically contaminated animals in the world. Beluga whales in the St Lawrence River are treated as toxic waste when they die.

We treat the oceans like sewers and then act surprised that the fish that is eaten is polluted. <more>

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10397302

[phantom power]

4. That's just it: this is essentially a tacit admission that they *can't*...

produce Hg free tuna. That's how bad it's gotten.

[NNadir]

6. We could be making mercury reduced tuna...

...but it would involve a phase out of coal power.

Of course there are many people who are obsessed with phasing out coal. They talk about it all of the time. It's a regular feature in this space.

[IronLionZion]

10. Yeah who could that be?

:silly: j/k

Yeah, coal sucks. Write your congressman. I live in state that has coal and nuclear and wind all really close to me.

[cascadiance]

12. Unfortunately a lot of the coal waste now is from China...

... as they start ramping up their energy usage in their country. Not much we can do about their demand except treaty negotiations, which doesn't help when we don't even sign Kyoto.

[dcfirefighter]

14. Unilateral Action by the U.S.

$100 a ton carbon dioxide equivalent Carbon Tax (~$1/gallon) phased in over 7 years.
$1 / mg Hg Mercury Tax, phased in over 7 years.

Equivalent import tariffs against all products from a country, based on a simple formula:

Value of Imports
-------------------- X Countrywide equivalent emission taxes due = tariff
Country's GDP

China won't produce emissions if we don't finance it by buying their products.

[Javaman]

2. You know, I was thinking of going running today, but...

I didn't know how hot it was outside.

I cracked upon a can of tuna, set it out in the sun and when it glowed bright red, I knew it was just to damn hot out.

[Dogmudgeon]

3. So, the Poor really DO get something the Rich don't

Mercury.

--p!
Green, Green,
Three days late
On the poor side of the hill
(After Barry McGuire and the Mike Curb Congregation

[Dead_Parrot]

5. Christ, how retarded can we get?

The lucky fish is Albacore tuna.

Albacore tuna reach sexual maturity in 4-6 years

Wild planet catch them at 3 years.

Can anyone else see a problem here?

[The Count]

7. "New - now with less poison" - yeay!

This is like BFEE expecting us to be grateful for not being blown up yet. I bet that the "less poison" brand is more expensive too.

[mopinko]

8. had a doctor tell me

fish oil supplements are good, but you need to get the mercury free ones. what planet do those come from i wonder.
the myth of the adequate personal solution rears it's ugly head.

[cain_7777]

9. Caught within three years of life!

Tuna is massively over fished already and they are being caught younger, and as a result more have to be harvested because they are much smaller at that age. Here's an Idea, maybe we should dump less mercury into the enviroment instead of harvesting more smaller tuna. Tuna should be harvested when it weighs 700-900lbs, but these douchbags are pulling up 200lbs tuna. Too bad that in a few generations the oceans are going to be large deadzones with industrial fish farms spreading like bacteria.:cry:

[ThomCat]

13. You are absolutely right. This should be a crime!

It's going to lead to even more severe over-fishing, and now it will concentrate on catching them when they're young, reducing their chances to breed. The tuna population is going to crash.
x(

[hunter]

11. Commercial fishing is traditional, but that doesn't mean it's good.

Hell, I've already slammed farmers, so I might as well slam commercial fisherman too. (I'll never be elected to public office, that's for sure.)

You can't buy wild deer, duck, or goose meat in the supermarket, and there are good reasons for this. Commercial hunting of these wild animals caused tremendous environmental damages, and might have led to their extinction. Passenger Pigeons used to be sold in markets. They're extinct.

Now it's happening in the ocean. If we lived underwater we'd be much more aware of the damage we have done to the oceans.