Thursday, January 24, 2008
*MERCURY IN NY'S SUSHI STIRS RAW FEAR*
New Yorkers put a fork in sushi yesterday after a study found some city restaurants had sold raw tuna with extremely high mercury levels.
"It's kind of scary," said Frankie Coburn, 25, of Manhattan, outside Nobu Next Door in TriBeCa.
"I was actually looking forward to getting some of their sushi. Now I don't know about that. I may have to change my mind."
The study, by The New York Times, found excessive amounts of the dangerous element in tuna sushi purchased last October from restaurants and markets around the city.
"Some of the levels were so high, it violated the Food and Drug Administration's action levels for mercury and seafood," which is 1 part per million, said Dr. Rebecca Goldburg, a scientist at Environmental Defense, a research and advocacy group.
"It's a level of mercury that the FDA considers so high that the food is legally adulterated."
NY POST
"It's kind of scary," said Frankie Coburn, 25, of Manhattan, outside Nobu Next Door in TriBeCa.
"I was actually looking forward to getting some of their sushi. Now I don't know about that. I may have to change my mind."
The study, by The New York Times, found excessive amounts of the dangerous element in tuna sushi purchased last October from restaurants and markets around the city.
"Some of the levels were so high, it violated the Food and Drug Administration's action levels for mercury and seafood," which is 1 part per million, said Dr. Rebecca Goldburg, a scientist at Environmental Defense, a research and advocacy group.
"It's a level of mercury that the FDA considers so high that the food is legally adulterated."
NY POST
Labels: eating out, mercury, sushi, toxins, tuna
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