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. That’s quite the increase! Remember the power of compound interest… (Wikimedia/CC BY 3.0) Where is all that mercury coming from? (Wikimedia/Public Domain) (FDA/Public Domain) 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... Taggart Siegel and Jon Betz are busy at work creating a film about seeds and man's interaction with them. SEED: The Untold Story, a feature-length documentary film, tells the harrowing and heartening story of humans’ 12,000-year relationship with seeds. "The beauty of the seed is out of one you can get millions. Vandana Shiva’s above quote inspired us to make SEED. Academy-Award Winning Actress Marisa Tomei, after seeing Queen of the Sun, was inspired to help and joined SEED as Executive Producer.
From a kernel of corn to a grain of wheat, every seed carries within it the hope of the future. By Joseph Simcox Are you part of the food movement? 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. Seafood Watch Program | A Consumer's Guide to Sustainable Seafood | Monterey Bay Aquarium. Blue Ocean Institute | Seafood | Seafood Guide.