Yes farm raised salmon toxins are higher, including mercury due to the feed
they are given (pellets of ground up larger fish). Last report I heard was
that even the salmon color is not natural but a DYE !!
John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington, NY 11743
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Factory Trained OM Service since 1977
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----- Original Message -----
From: "ScottGee1" <scottgee1@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 10:55 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: The journey to work - electrically/ Now Cholesterol
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>
>
> Interesting. If I'm reading it correctly, it implies that one needn't
> be concerned about mercury and heavy metals in any of the products.
> Carlson (and another small company whose name escapes me) are the only
> ones that go so far as to guarantee it.
>
> Salmon oil is also becoming a rather common supplement. Does anyone
> else remember when a salmon steak or filet was so expensive it was a
> treat? Now that they're being raised (grown?) on 'farms' salmon
> borders on being cheap. But I've seen reports indicating that it may
> also be dirty and carry higher levels of toxins. Sigh.
>
> ScottGee1
>
> On 6/22/05, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> The guarantee seems like a pretty safe marketing bet. See this Canadian
>> government report on mercury content in fish oils.
>> <http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/feebet/dioxe.shtml>
>>
>> Fish oil samples from Canada, Chile, Iceland, Peru and elsewhere in
>> South America had undetectable levels of mercury. There was a small
>> amount found in samples from Mexico but it was still an order of
>> magnitude below the limit.
>>
>> I saw an explanation elsewhere that heavy metals bind to proteins but
>> not to fat and so the oil would not be expected to contain heavy metals.
>> Also, most fish oil production is from small species such as sardines.
>> These little guys don't accumulate heavy metals in their tissues like
>> the larger predators such as tuna.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
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