We have mad cow.
We have bird flu.
Now there’s mercury in the canned tuna. Actually, there is mercury in every fish in the US. The usual spin swirling around the latest reports is that this a “natural” occurrence. No need to worry, it’s NATURAL. Natural does not automatically mean good for you. As much as people like to slap a word on something that connotes goodness, you have got to be aware that marketing is everywhere, and it is there to make you buy something – regardless of whether it is good for you or not. Natural to me means wholesome, pure, good, earthy even. But did you know natural flavors can be animal by-products? Animals, in the eyes of the FDA, are NATURAL, and therefore can be labeled natural when deceased and implanted into your french fries. Yum. Yum.
Remember how you were taught about mercury in school? That silver stuff at the bottom of thermometers? If one broke, GOD FORBID, it was hazmat time. Did you touch it? Is it on you? Like some caustic substance equitable to a flesh eating virus, you were POISONED if it came in contact with your skin. It has been linked to autism. Which by the way, has risen in leaps and bounds over the past decade.
In San Francisco, a judge recently sided with the tuna industry stating that it was unnecessary to have a mercury warning label on cans of tuna. And now a report from Consumer Reports states that not only is the mercury in these cans present, it is in some cases twice as high as what’s considered dangerous by the FDA. Consumer Reports is a pretty good magazine. I go to it to see which car, refrigerator, phone or other item might be best based on their tests. I never dreamed that it would be something I would need to check out for toxins in my food. But it’s great to know that they aren’t relying on false governmental testing and testing this stuff themselves. Check out the article. It is fascinating. Not too surprisingly the tuna industry and the FDA have come out against the report.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/diet.fitness/06/06/canned.tuna.reut/index.html
We have bird flu.
Now there’s mercury in the canned tuna. Actually, there is mercury in every fish in the US. The usual spin swirling around the latest reports is that this a “natural” occurrence. No need to worry, it’s NATURAL. Natural does not automatically mean good for you. As much as people like to slap a word on something that connotes goodness, you have got to be aware that marketing is everywhere, and it is there to make you buy something – regardless of whether it is good for you or not. Natural to me means wholesome, pure, good, earthy even. But did you know natural flavors can be animal by-products? Animals, in the eyes of the FDA, are NATURAL, and therefore can be labeled natural when deceased and implanted into your french fries. Yum. Yum.
Remember how you were taught about mercury in school? That silver stuff at the bottom of thermometers? If one broke, GOD FORBID, it was hazmat time. Did you touch it? Is it on you? Like some caustic substance equitable to a flesh eating virus, you were POISONED if it came in contact with your skin. It has been linked to autism. Which by the way, has risen in leaps and bounds over the past decade.
In San Francisco, a judge recently sided with the tuna industry stating that it was unnecessary to have a mercury warning label on cans of tuna. And now a report from Consumer Reports states that not only is the mercury in these cans present, it is in some cases twice as high as what’s considered dangerous by the FDA. Consumer Reports is a pretty good magazine. I go to it to see which car, refrigerator, phone or other item might be best based on their tests. I never dreamed that it would be something I would need to check out for toxins in my food. But it’s great to know that they aren’t relying on false governmental testing and testing this stuff themselves. Check out the article. It is fascinating. Not too surprisingly the tuna industry and the FDA have come out against the report.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/diet.fitness/06/06/canned.tuna.reut/index.html
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