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Fish and mercury

stt43
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Does anyone have much information with regard to mercury intake from eating fish (particularly tinned/canned tuna and mackerel), such as what consumption level is safe, and the negative benefits of eating it too regularly, etc.?
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2 cans a week.
big fish= high amounts of mercury
small fish has less mercury0 -
I thought this was about Freddy Mercury.0
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Here's Health Canada's recommendations:
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/securit/chem-chim/environ/mercur/cons-adv-etud-eng.php0 -
Thanks guys. In everything I've read it always says it depends what type of fish you are eating, and lists all these different types of tuna etc., and I don't know which type is in the can I'm eating. I've been having a can of tuna and a can of mackerel almost every day for about a year.0
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