News Feed 1 - 29 - 2012

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Japanese Scientist Warns of Mercury in Dolphin Meat

Watch BlueVoice.org video as Dr. Tetsuya Endo of Hokkaido University describes the dangers of eating dolphin meat due to high mercury content: http://bluevoice.org/webfilms_japanscientist.php  Read More →


Pollution in Dolphin and Dall’s Porpoise Meat

EIA has published this new video demonstrating the high levels of contaminants in whale and dolphin products, and the growing concern in Japan over the lack of information for Japanese consumers and the lack of regulation of mercury in the market. http://vimeo.com/33252967  Read More →


Good news from Okinawa:

According to a report from Okinawa, Nago City Mayor, Susumu Inamine, was advised by the “Association to Protect the Northernmost Dugong,” an Okinawa based conservation group, to be cautious about not harming future generations by allowing the human consumption of dolphin/whale meat that is contaminated with mercury. He was also advised that the northern part of Nago is particularly well-suited... [Read More]


WHO/FAO “Expert” Group Fails to Inform Governments About Mercury Exposure Risks from Seafood

The findings of a new WHO/FAO Report on Benefits and Risks of Seafood Consumption(1) will be presented this week at the World Seafood Congress in Washington, DC. However, advocates believe that the report missed a key opportunity to advise governments about mercury risk from fish consumption. Continue: http://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2011-10/21537838-who-fao-expert-group-fails-to-inform-governments-about-mercury-exposure-risks-from-seafood-say-ngos-008.htm Link... [Read More]


Mercury rising: Seafood contamination and a consumer’s right to know

Date: September 2, 2011 Mercury contamination in popular fish, industrial waste leaking into our oceans, years long legal battles to gain access to public information being kept hidden by the government – it sounds like the plot of a movie, but unfortunately, it’s just what we’ve been dealing with in our latest battle against seafood contamination in Spain and in Europe. <More…>  Read More →


Man eating sharks — and mercury, group warns

PangeaSeed recently teamed up with one of Japan’s most reputable mercury analysts to test various Japanese foodstuffs that contain shark, and all of the samples came back with high levels of mercury. Continue  Read More →


Recent Developments on Human Health Risks from Consumption of Cetacean (whale and dolphin) Products

The list of serious human diseases related to the consumption of contaminated whale and dolphin meat and blubber is long and growing. A coalition of ten concerned non-governmental organisations (NGO’s) have prepared a joint briefing on this issue for delegates to the forthcoming annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) which takes place in Jersey between July 11th – 14th 2011. At... [Read More]