Tuna Foundation's Lubricious Approach to Mercury Warnings

As a big tuna consumer, i think a listing of heavy metals and mercury should be required on all products as well as an indication of safe levels.

Let us hope the tuna industry deals responsibly with this issue instead of just trying to boost consumption across the board.

As wn said, information is the answer.

Tuna is being singled out because it is one of the most heavily consumed fish.

Others are involved.

A Detroit Free Press article today notes fish in inland lakes "have enough mercury that they should rarely if ever be eaten by children and women of child-bearing age. The same is true for some big ocean fish, especially swordfish, shark, king mackerel and tilefish...."

It says "The obvious answer is information, particularly signs at grocery stores and fishing sites, along with discreet footnotes on restaurant menus. Otherwise some people, in ignorance, will eat too much fish while others shun every kind. Since fish can be a heart-healthy source of protein, that's a big mistake, too."

http://www.freep.com/voices/editorials/emerc17_20031217.htm

what's lubricious?

The tuna and seafood industry should be focused on long-term issues such as eliminating the toxic elements from our oceans while being honest about the short-term known potential problems and obvious benefits of consuming their products.A recommended starting effort would be a major lobbying effort to US and world politicians to reduce toxic dumping and air polution, as well as starting a major consumer write-in/email effort to the same politicians. This is such an important issue worldwide, I could expect hundreds of millions of write-ins forcing our elected officials to take action.

As a former big tuna consumer, I feel that one reason for the lack of good information being given to consumers may be the influence of the seafood industry on the FDA. The FDA has new test results apparently showing that canned white Albacore tuna has three times the mercury of light tuna, yet this information has not been conveyed to the media so that, in turn, it can be conveyed to the public. And the mercury issue is complex. There are different types of mercury in different fishing waters of the world. Additionally, the EPA is apparently going to relax restrictions on mercury pollution. People need to speak out more about their concerns on the quality of the seafood we eat and the labeling of same.

oy! what am I going to eat now. I already don't eat meat. I can't eat chickens because a Perdue Oven Stuffer Roaster once tried to kill me. Vegetables are sprayed with who knows what from the who knows where they come from.

Information is surely the key. But in the end, it seems crazy that we can't come up with food that is safe to eat.

Lubricious is oily, greasy, sleazy. I used that word in the headline because the Tuna Foundation is concentrating on tuna's Omega-3 OIL content. I was making a joke.