DEBRIS.COMgood for a laugh, or possibly an aneurysm

“A study of affluent Bay Area residents who were seeking health benefits by eating lots of fish found that they were also loading up on toxic mercury.”

It’s unfair, in a cosmic sense, that people who are trying to take responsibility for their health get caught in a trap like this. And it’s a pity that the folks who stuff their snouts in the fast-food slop trough two or three times a day will use this story to justify their dangerous addictions — “These super-size fries may not be very healthy, but at least I won’t die of mercury poisoning…” Feh.

Anyway, if you eat fish, especially swordfish, sea bass, halibut, or tuna (including canned tuna), you need to read this article: Rich folks eating fish feed on mercury too: ‘Healthy diet’ clearly isn’t

The study mentioned in the Chronicle article is supposed to have been published in the November issue of Environmental Health Perspectives, but I’ve been unable to locate it online. There is good background information on the controversy (and, yes, there’s always a controversy) in this AP story on ENN.com: Research of mercury contamination leaves huge gaps in knowledge.