Hard to see how the supermarket as vendor could be liable here… Also wonder if there are any adverse affects or just the mercury level itself? Doesn’t all fish contain some amount of mercury and other heavy metal?
first of all, he’d have to prove that every can he ate is from the same company and is all have the mercury level in it… how do we know if he had eaten something else that may have mercury, like barracuda or parrotfish or anything? now, he’s says he’s been eating these cans of tuna since 2006… now that means he’s been eating them for the past 4 years and during these many years has not shown in any medical test these so-called high levels of mercury. does not mercury poisoning cause damage after so long? so let’s see, 10 cans a week… thats 520 cans a year… thats 2080 cans over the past 4 years… and your going to tell me that all these cans have been laden with mercury… are you sure you did not drop your mercury thermometer in it and break it? are you sure that was not another way you could have gotten the mercury? sounds to me more like he’s fishing for more money because he’s too lazy to work or get more than just a can of tuna for a meal.
From the FDA site (pregnant women are usually warned of the mercury levels in fish):
Mercury occurs naturally in the environment and can also be released into the air through industrial pollution. Mercury falls from the air and can accumulate in streams and oceans and is turned into methylmercury in the water. It is this type of mercury that can be harmful to unborn babies and young child. Fish absorb the methylmercury as they feed in these waters and so it builds up in them. It builds up more in some types of fish and shellfish than others, depending on what the fish eat, which is why the levels vary.
He didn’t have a heart attack. He got Mercury poisoning. The tuna is still heart healthy. Everything is toxic if taken in excess. Carrots are “eye healthy” but too many can cause vitamin A poisoning. The only thing safely consumed in mass quantities is tequila.
So, you are telling me that I can potentially sue the city utilities because I drank 5 gallons of water per day causing hyper-hydration (water poisoning)? Hello! Know what you are eating and eat nothing in excess!
King Mackeral and Tile fish are also suseptible to high mercury levels. As we say down here in the South, ” That ol’ boy ain’t toting a full string of fish.”
perhaps he didn’t understand you are only supposed to eat what is in the can, and not the can itself. I would expect he has other problems than mercury issues since he has eaten 10 cans a week…
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Hard to see how the supermarket as vendor could be liable here… Also wonder if there are any adverse affects or just the mercury level itself? Doesn’t all fish contain some amount of mercury and other heavy metal?
first of all, he’d have to prove that every can he ate is from the same company and is all have the mercury level in it… how do we know if he had eaten something else that may have mercury, like barracuda or parrotfish or anything? now, he’s says he’s been eating these cans of tuna since 2006… now that means he’s been eating them for the past 4 years and during these many years has not shown in any medical test these so-called high levels of mercury. does not mercury poisoning cause damage after so long? so let’s see, 10 cans a week… thats 520 cans a year… thats 2080 cans over the past 4 years… and your going to tell me that all these cans have been laden with mercury… are you sure you did not drop your mercury thermometer in it and break it? are you sure that was not another way you could have gotten the mercury? sounds to me more like he’s fishing for more money because he’s too lazy to work or get more than just a can of tuna for a meal.
You can tune a piano but you can’t tuna fish.
From the FDA site (pregnant women are usually warned of the mercury levels in fish):
Mercury occurs naturally in the environment and can also be released into the air through industrial pollution. Mercury falls from the air and can accumulate in streams and oceans and is turned into methylmercury in the water. It is this type of mercury that can be harmful to unborn babies and young child. Fish absorb the methylmercury as they feed in these waters and so it builds up in them. It builds up more in some types of fish and shellfish than others, depending on what the fish eat, which is why the levels vary.
More info on the FDA site:
http://www.fda.gov/food/foodsafety/product-specificinformation/seafood/foodbornepathogenscontaminants/methylmercury/ucm115662.htm
He didn’t have a heart attack. He got Mercury poisoning. The tuna is still heart healthy. Everything is toxic if taken in excess. Carrots are “eye healthy” but too many can cause vitamin A poisoning. The only thing safely consumed in mass quantities is tequila.
So, you are telling me that I can potentially sue the city utilities because I drank 5 gallons of water per day causing hyper-hydration (water poisoning)? Hello! Know what you are eating and eat nothing in excess!
With I am you Anejo….lets have another shot….
King Mackeral and Tile fish are also suseptible to high mercury levels. As we say down here in the South, ” That ol’ boy ain’t toting a full string of fish.”
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Could you make that a double?
perhaps he didn’t understand you are only supposed to eat what is in the can, and not the can itself. I would expect he has other problems than mercury issues since he has eaten 10 cans a week…