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Home » food » Seafood Infographic Omega 3 vs. Mercury Levels

Seafood Infographic Omega 3 vs. Mercury Levels

January 7, 2013 By Gregor Winter

The other day I came across this horror story on reddit – “2 cans of chunk light tuna a day for 2 months gave me mercury poisoning“.

In the thread a commenter linked to a handy infographic showing Omega 3 Fatty Acids vs. Mercury Levels in Fish.

The thing comes from the Washington Post and was accompanied by this post titled “Eat more fish; risks overstated“.

As with everything in life, add some variety and you can still enjoy your seafood.

Seafood Infographic Omega 3 Content vs. Mercury Levels

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Comments

  1. stefan says

    January 8, 2013 at 00:25

    Selenium levels need to be taken into consideration when comparing mercury levels in fish and any adverse health effects. http://www.undeerc.org/fish/pdfs/Selenium-Mercury.pdf

    Simply put: if the fish has a higher selenium content than mercury than mercury poisoning isn’t going to happen.

    • GregorATG says

      January 8, 2013 at 00:36

      Interesting , thanks Stefan.

  2. Sim says

    January 8, 2013 at 12:55

    Canned salmon it is for me then!

  3. Super Human Foods says

    January 11, 2013 at 13:08

    Unfortunately, the chart doesn’t say anything about *canned* tuna. Not sure why that makes such a big difference, but it does. Here’s what I said in the comments on that Reddit thread:

    > 2 cans far exceeds the FDA and EPA recommended limits:
    >
    > http://www.nrdc.org/health/effects/mercury/tuna.asp
    >
    > According to their guidelines, nobody should eat canned tuna more frequently than 1 can every 3 days.
    >
    > Source: Food and Drug Administration test results for mercury and fish, and the Environmental Protection Agency’s determination of safe levels of mercury.

  4. hum_dinger says

    January 15, 2015 at 02:55

    Dont forget about PCBs – mercury isn’t the only thing thats rather bad for you…. http://www.city-data.com/forum/charlotte/1838036-lake-norman-fish-contaminated-pcbs.html

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