seafood Tag

08 Feb

Posted at 21:13h in Alzheimer's - Dementia, Author Interviews, JAMA, Nutrition

MedicalResearch.com Interview with: [caption id="attachment_21402" align="alignleft" width="120"] Dr. Martha Morris[/caption] Dr. Martha Clare Morris ScD Section on Nutrition and Nutritional Epidemiology Department of Internal Medicine Rush University Medical Center Chicago, Illinois Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Morris: We examined seafood consumption in a cohort of older residents of the...

20 Aug

Posted at 01:03h in Anesthesiology, Fish, PLoS, Toxin Research
Prof. Peter B. Marko Department of Biology University of Hawaii at Mānoa, Honolulu, HawaiiMedicalResearch.com Interview with: Prof. Peter B. Marko Department of Biology University of Hawaii at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaii Medical Research: What are the main findings of the study Prof. Marko: The main finding of the study was that species substitutions and fishery stock substitutions together obscure a complex pattern of mercury contamination in Chilean sea bass (or Patagonian toothfish) that can put consumers unknowingly at risk of ingesting greater levels of mercury than the labeling would suggest.  Although it is well appreciated that mercury levels vary dramatically among different species of fish, and that species substitutions have the potential to expose consumers to unwanted mercury, our study shows that for Chilean sea bass, fish mislabeled as to their country or region of origin (but labeled as the correct species) have a high potential to expose consumers to unexpectedly high levels of mercury.