08-30-2013, 07:00 PM
[quote TubeDude][#0000ff]
But it is funny that the levels listed for the carp and big catfish as being hazardous...from Utah Lake...are lower than that found in some wild salmon being sold fresh in fish markets.
And mercury levels in canned tuna is sometimes higher than that in the Utah fish species listed as a cautionary measure. Guess the commercial tuna industry has a better lobbying group than Utah sport fish.
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well....yes and no. That's the whole problem. When you have two different agencies regulating and using different measurements.
Keep in mind that the commercial stuff being sold in the grocery store is regulated by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration). Warnings on sport caught fish in Utah waters are regulated by the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency). They each use different measurements, and both require warnings at different levels.
But, you are pretty much right. A can of tuna fish, or that gourmet swordfish dinner you had at the expensive seafood restaurant, very well may contain higher levels of mercury than any fish in Utah -- and you're getting it with no warning!
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But it is funny that the levels listed for the carp and big catfish as being hazardous...from Utah Lake...are lower than that found in some wild salmon being sold fresh in fish markets.
And mercury levels in canned tuna is sometimes higher than that in the Utah fish species listed as a cautionary measure. Guess the commercial tuna industry has a better lobbying group than Utah sport fish.
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well....yes and no. That's the whole problem. When you have two different agencies regulating and using different measurements.
Keep in mind that the commercial stuff being sold in the grocery store is regulated by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration). Warnings on sport caught fish in Utah waters are regulated by the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency). They each use different measurements, and both require warnings at different levels.
But, you are pretty much right. A can of tuna fish, or that gourmet swordfish dinner you had at the expensive seafood restaurant, very well may contain higher levels of mercury than any fish in Utah -- and you're getting it with no warning!
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