Drug and alcohol abuse should not be blamed on eating some bluefin tuna, and you would have to eat pounds of the stuff a day to get "Mad Hatter's Disease" from mercury. If your brain and liver are already fried, I suppose lower doses could do the trick. Get real - the most dangerous aspect is with babies during fetal development and breast-feeding, as it can cause health problems then.

The article was saved by the admission that coal burning is a major pathway to mercury poisoning, man & fish alike. Thanks BlueVoice for setting things right.

If you want the straight facts, New York is one of the few places that gets this highest grade of tuna, which has the highest methylmercury levels. Most of the East Coast bluefin are babies that don't have enough time to bioaccumulate high mercury levels before they are brought to market. If you are worried about the issue, try dolohinfish, also called Mahi-Mahi. It makes excellent sashimi and has almost no mercury in it.
-sammie

Onward through the fog