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 Stories About: fishing AND food AND mercury AND New York City AND toxics
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Toxic tuna
The mercury problem isn't contained to New York City's sushi restaurants and markets |
Andrew Sharpless |
25 Jan 2008 |
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| In case you needed another reason not to consume the dangerously overfished bluefin tuna: This week, The New York Times had a story about a study of mercury contamination, conducted by the newspaper, of leading sushi restaurants in New York. Guess which species showed the highest level of mercury? In the study, the Times collected samples of tuna sushi from leading restaurants like Blue Ribbon Sushi and Nobu Next Door. The results 'found so much mercury in tuna su ... |
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| Topics: fishing, food, mercury, New York City, toxics (all these topics) |
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