Eat Much Fish? Coal Burning Probably Did This to Your Sushi. Coal burning is most likely to blame for Mercury levels in yellowfin tuna rising 3.8 percent per year since 1998.
With mercury concentrations in the upper layers of the oceans having tripled since the industrial revolution, it’s not surprising that certain kinds of fish are not recommended for pregnant women (and might not be so great for those of us who aren’t pregnant either). A new study gives further details on the scale of the problem and seems to disprove those who claimed that mercury concentrations in open-ocean fish weren’t going up. A team from the University of Michigan compiled and re-analyzed 3 previous studies on yellowfin tuna caught near Hawaii.
They found that the concentration of mercury in that species increased at least 3.8% per year from 1998 to 2008. SEED-ing the Future of Sustainable Agriculture. Over the last century, 94 percent of seed diversity has been lost!
Sadder still, is that the modern world has lost touch with this heritage, a timeline of interaction, a centuries old love story between humans and plants. Two men and their colleagues are hoping to re-inspire the world... Fix Antibiotics. Global Grocer: Food & Water Watch Takes You to the Source of Your Food. www.foodandwaterwatch.org/fish/guide/ The Food Label That Has Kraft, Nestle, And Coca-Cola Shaking In Their Boots. Climate-friendly food guide. A Consumer's Guide to Sustainable Seafood. Blue Ocean Institute.