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Saturday, October 17th, 2009 by Rik J. Deitsch
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Health Focus: Enjoying Safe Seafood
Many of us enjoy eating seafood every week, but did you know that some seafood can contain toxins that are harmful to your body? Certain types of seafood contain high levels of methylmercury or polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). These toxins can be very harmful to the body and it can take one year to rid the ...
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007 by NCDSupport.com
In the News: High-quality Food Helps Reduce Toxins In The Food Chain
ScienceDaily (Apr. 24, 2007) — Research led by Dartmouth scientists found that animals fed nutritious, high-quality food end up with much lower concentrations of toxic methylmercury in their tissues. The result suggests ways in which methylmercury–a neurotoxin that can accumulate to hazardous levels–can be slowed in its passage up the food chain to fish. “This research ...
