Re: nothing new under the sun

On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:21:51 -0500, *Hemidactylus* wrote:

chris thompson wrote:
On Dec 15, 9:05 pm, *Hemidactylus* <ecpho...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Stuart wrote:
On Dec 15, 3:17 pm, *Hemidactylus* <ecpho...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
John S. Wilkins wrote:
Jeffrey Turner <jtur...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Stuart wrote:
On Dec 14, 10:42 pm, "\(M\)-adman" <g...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Shane wrote:
On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:12:43 -0600, (M)-adman wrote:
Origins of science ---the bible.
Which probably explains Maddy's confusion about science, as
the Bible cannot make up its mind on most of the following
list Maddy apparently thinks(tm) is significant.
Earth is a sphere (Is. 40:22).
The earth has four corners [Is 11:12]
We still use that metaphor today.
Nobody uses "4 corners of the Earth" as a metaphor for a sphere,
clown.
I occasionally use expressions from Shakespeare, so?
Not that Shakespeare myth again. ;)
One man's myth is another man's Bacon.
This might sound fishy but some prefer Lockes. Bacon isn't kosher
and is probably less healthy.
On a more serious note, for canned fish isn't salmon lower in
mercury than most tuna? Sorry for taking this thread off topic.
What topic?
Currently it's my concern about mercury content in fish. I don't want
to become a walking thermometer, unless its guarantees me a career as
a famous network morning show meteorologist. I wouldn't mind
announcing all the 100 year plus birthdays though as long as mercury
laden fish doesn't hold me back from nearing that age myself. I guess
its the omega-3 vs. heavy metal trade off.

http://www.edf.org/documents/1980_pocket_seafood_selector.pdf

The url says 1980 but it is (c)2008- it is also different from the one
I got a couple years ago.


Great so now I'm supposed to turn my laptop upside down without cracking
the screen?

I usually try to find the Alaska wild salmon. I avoid tuna altogether.

Here's another site with some comparative quantitative info:

http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~frf/sea-mehg.html

Canned salmon rated an ND= not detected. Canned light tuna seemed to be
OK but not as good as canned salmon. Other types of tuna didn't rate so
well. I wonder what that means to those who like seared tuna or
albacore.

What is the average size of these fish? Mercury content is in general
related to size, since it gets increasingly concentrated as you go up in
trophic level, and trophic level is generally correlated with size
(basking sharks and baleen whales being notable exceptions). Which helps
explain why salmon would have less mercury than tuna.

I do think you have to eat a lot of fish before mercury poses a
significant threat - just how many meals a week of fish do you eat?

Yours,

Bill Morse

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