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Post by Mellow Yellow on Jun 28, 2007 18:40:24 GMT -5
I read that the FDA is trying to cover up mercury contamination in fish... Does this mean that ALL fish are bad to eat? I eat alot of Tilapia every week. Sometimes I'll eat a Tuna fish sandwich. I was always told that it was way better to eat fish than beef and stuff.... Anyone know?
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Post by beatlies on Jun 28, 2007 18:55:31 GMT -5
Small fish are okay ---sardines, herring, anchovies; and shellfish too, and smaller squids and octopuses. The rest is not okay.
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Post by JoJo on Jun 28, 2007 18:57:06 GMT -5
The higher in the food chain, the higher the concentration. So, sardines are probably pretty low, and tuna probably high. Fish is good for you, were it not for the mercury, but eh.. I figure the "strip mining" method of fishing will leave the world without fish before too long, so I enjoy it while I can.
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Post by fourthousandholes on Jun 28, 2007 19:54:06 GMT -5
And sardines aren't what they used to be. Now they're raised in big bathtubs full of anti-biotics and not cooked very well.  The small ones in a red wrapper from Canada aren't bad. All the rest are almost literally crap. (Goes to puke.) Also estrogen is used to fatten up some factory-farm fish. |
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Post by beatlies on Jun 29, 2007 0:10:30 GMT -5
So, Mellow Yellow, the corporations and military have polluted our water supply and poisoned the fish, an age-old staple of the human diet, except for those small fry. Anyway ...... BON APPETIT |
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Post by Mellow Yellow on Jun 29, 2007 12:05:56 GMT -5
Is bottled-water also fluoridated?
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Post by JoJo on Jun 29, 2007 20:18:54 GMT -5
Is bottled-water also fluoridated? I've seen some that was labeled as such. (who would buy it!?) I would reason that if it was included as part of the ingredents, they would list it. I don't know the reach of Castle Springs water, but I have toured the plant, and it's truely one of the best bottled waters out there. Due to the geography of the land, it gets filtered through many layers of sand, rocks, etc. and doesn't need any added treatment. |
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Post by Mellow Yellow on Jun 29, 2007 20:50:19 GMT -5
I usually drink Nestle Pure Life water or Aquafina. I haven't drank water from the faucet in years, so maybe I'm not too fluoridated yet.
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Post by fourthousandholes on Jun 30, 2007 3:55:21 GMT -5
Oh, but those plastic bottles!  There was a company in the south (Georgia, if memory serves) that was promoting bottled water for babies, and their label said "with flouride!" as if to suggest that this was somehow a nutrient that would help baby's teeth grow big and strong. I set them straight, and I think even the FDA recently came out and said it wasn't a great idea, but still some "boddled water" companies label their water thus in hopes of increasing sales. Not all bottled water is what it would seem. You can bottle tap water and sell it. And btw, Aquafina is water, but it is not from the mountains; the Pepsi (or is it Coke?) company has a formula (H2O !) that they use so that it has a consistent texture and taste. (Like dog spit.) |
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Post by beatlies on Jul 1, 2007 8:50:52 GMT -5
"Dannon" make bottled water "for kids" in small "kid-sized" botttles packed labeled "WITH FLUORIDE!" and a cartoon kangaroo to lure them and their parents. I think there is at least one other company brand doing this; they started doing this few years ago at the time Britain was proclaiming it was going to start fluoridating the Unitd Kingdom public water supply.
I actually saw a man giving one of these small brand-name fluoridated water bottles to his son to drink in a shop; he probably thought he was doing something healthy for his child.
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Post by fourthousandholes on Jul 1, 2007 10:54:39 GMT -5
zetatalk.com/index/zeta381.htmUS: Chinese Seafood Detained for Safety [Jun 28] apnews.myway.com "Farmed seafood has now joined tires, toothpaste and toy trains on the list of tainted and defective products from China that could be hazardous to a person's health. Federal health officials said Thursday they were detaining three types of Chinese fish - catfish, basa and dace - as well as shrimp and eel after repeated testing turned up contamination with drugs unapproved in the United States for use in farmed seafood. The officials said there have been no reports of illnesses nor do the products pose any immediate health risk. They stopped short of ordering a ban on the fresh and frozen seafood. The Food and Drug Administration announcement was the latest in an expanding series of problems with imported Chinese products that seemingly permeate U.S. society......."
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