Please Scroll Down to See Forums Below
mercury in tuna. questions
- Thread starter sfreak49
- Start date
Mercury has a half life of only a few months in the blood stream. There are some studies that suggest that it does linger for a longer time in other parts of the body though. Stay away from solid white or albacore as these are older fish and tend to have more mercury in them. If you are going to eat tuna, stick to the "chunk light" and restrict yourself to a can a day (I keep my consumption at around 4 cans/week). I have no idea how you can eat 3 to 6 cans a day though. I would puke after my 2nd can.
thanks for the replies. the chunk light is cheaper so i buy that. also, the right aid near my house has a 2 for a dollar sale every other week. i'll be buying 30 cans next week 
. i take ala. at least 10 a day, so no need to worry about that i guess. i also take lots of milk and whey and other sources of protein too. yeah, the tuna is pretty disgusting, but with a bit of lowfat mayo and some no fat "i can't beleive its...", its quite bearable......and my body will thank me later...
. i take ala. at least 10 a day, so no need to worry about that i guess. i also take lots of milk and whey and other sources of protein too. yeah, the tuna is pretty disgusting, but with a bit of lowfat mayo and some no fat "i can't beleive its...", its quite bearable......and my body will thank me later... 
Madd Hatter
New member
I've had 3-4 a day for most of the past 4 years, currently I'm "down" to 2 per day, no symptoms yet. I've heard numerous times canned tuna is ok as well.
Synpax said:
ne of every 20 cans of "white," or albacore, tuna should be recalled as unsafe for human consumption, according to independent testing conducted for the Mercury Policy Project, a public interest group. On average, the levels of mercury in the white tuna were considerably higher than the industry and government claims from outdated FDA tests, said Michael Bender, director of the project.
"Our tests confirm what FDA has known for over a decade; white tuna has higher mercury levels," said Bender. "Yet because FDA halted testing of canned tuna for mercury in 1998 to save money and because industry keeps its results secret, parents are unknowingly exposing their children to mercury."
Methylmercury—the organic form mercury assumes in fish—is a potent neurotoxin that poses the greatest risk to the developing fetus, infants, and young children. Data from the CDC indicates that one in 12 women of childbearing age have unsafe mercury levels, translating to over 300,000 babies born at risk each year.
"Our sample size was admittedly small," said Bender. "We chose 60 cans of tuna randomly off grocery shelves, had them tested by the New Age/Landmark Laboratory, Inc. and then had a portion retested by The National Food Laboratory, Inc.—a lab used by the tuna industry—so there is no reason to be believe that these results are not reflective of what millions of Americans consume."
Canned tuna is consumed in 90 percent of American households and accounts for around 20 percent of US seafood consumption. Children eat more than twice as much tuna as any other fish, and canned tuna is the most frequently consumed fish among women of child bearing age. Albacore accounts for about one-third of all canned tuna sold in the U.S. and our independent testing found that mercury levels in white canned tuna averaged over 0.5 ppm.
"FDA's own food safety committee recommended last year that the Agency warn pregnant women about canned tuna, but the Agency has failed to act because of undue influence by industry," said Bender. "FDA should stop protecting the fishing industry's profits and start protecting children from mercury."
/SOURCE:
Mercury Policy Project
Michael Bender, Mercury Policy Project, 802-223-9000
