I read that deep sea fish are now unsafe to eat... now what?

Question

The local papers reported recently that due to higher levels of pollution in the oceans, fish like barracuda, grouper, sea bass, etc are now unsafe to eat.

This might also explain why when I was younger I was able to eat shellfish and all sorts of seafood without any problem, but now I can't - shellfish like limpets, abalone, oysters, etc trigger a severe immune response in me.

Also I have read that farmed salmon are fed chemicals that might be carcinogenic to humans, and that tuna and other fish now contain high levels of toxins in them.

So my question is, with more and more things being deemed unsafe due to pollution or being fed unsafe chemicals, where do we go from here?

I don't have any land to grow my own organic food on! And even then, who is to say the soil isn't polluted?

Sigh!

Answer 1

Don't worry about it, in a few weeks the scientists will probably decide the deeps sea fish is actually good for you and that banannas are bad for you.

Lots of people get allergic or intolerant to some foods as they get older. I don't know why but it happens. a lot.

Answer 2

BLAME IT ON THE ONE THAT GAVE PERMISSION ,TO DUMP THOSE MILLIONS OF DRUMS INTO THE SEA,FULL OF NUCLEAR WASTE,

Answer 3

Just about any chemical can be shown to be harmful (including cancer) to humans. It just depends on the dose.

Regarding shellfish, there is a chemical that shellfish produce that cause an allergic reaction. Some people are sensitive to this and get an allergic reaction,other people are less sensitive to it and get no reaction. Other people develop a sensitivity to it over time and exposure, you are probably one of these. It is a natural thing.

Due to contaminants in the ocean it has been known for a long time that certain fish are unhealthy to eat. This is due to bio-accumulation of certain chemicals (eg Mercury). The fish that are susceptible to this are fish that are at the end of the food chain, large fish and fish that are slow to grow. That is, fish that are old eat lots of other fish and fish that consume huge quantities of other fish.

Deep sea fish, because they are in an area that is scarce of food, tend to take a long time to mature, grow. hence they tend to bio-accumulate toxic substances.

The best thing to look for when eating fish is fish that are low down in the food chain and that grow quickly. Generally they are the ones that are near the coast.

Hope this helps