Mercury, fish and Heart Attacks

Do you like to fish? Do you like to eat fish? Do you eat fish in the belief that it is good for you?

Well too bad. Scientists have discovered a link between the concentration of mercury in your body and the risk of heart attacks.

content.nejm.org...

One of the biggest sources of mercury intake is through eating fish.

Go to your home state department of natural resources website and look up the advisories against eating fish based on mercury content.

environment.about.com...

Think about that the next time you go fishing.

I love the movie Annie Hall by Woody Allen...and there's one line that sums up my personal opinion on these "everything is bad for you" news briefs...

ALVY
Don't you see? The rest of the country looks
upon New York like we're-we're left-wing
Communist, Jewish, homosexual, pornographers.
I think of us that way, sometimes, and I-I
live here.

ROB
Max, if we lived in California, we could
play outdoors every day, in the sun.

ALVY
Sun is bad for yuh. Everything our parents
said was good is bad. Sun, milk, red meat,
college ...