Fish - It's usually the last meat people give up. Maybe it should be the first

North Americans have been swearing off beef, pork and chicken in droves lately. Most cite health concerns such as heart disease and cancer, while others express empathy for the environ-ment and animals. But many still consume fish thinking it is healthy or at worst a relatively harmless indulgence. They couldn't be more wrong!

Fish's dark side—pollutants, toxins and heavy metals

Fish are very sensitive to the high number of pollutants in the water around them. As British social critic, Peter Cox says, "describing anything which comes out of this toxic environment as a 'health food' is clearly absurd."

Fresh water and inshore fish are the riskiest but pollutants are even showing up in deep sea fish as well....

Source: It's usually the last meat people give up. Maybe it should be the first

Link: ...it is possible to get omega-3s without ever eating fish. ...


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