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Is That Sushi Hazardous To Your Health?

Posted by timothy on from the these-tiny-worms-sure-look-healthy dept.

pdclarry writes "A recent study by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History and Columbia University found that a piece of tuna sushi may not be tuna at all: 'A piece of tuna sushi has the potential to be an endangered species, a fraud or a health hazard,' wrote the authors. 'All three of these cases were uncovered in this study.' The study, published in PLoS ONE examined 68 samples of tuna sushi purchased from 31 restaurants in Manhattan (New York City) and Denver, Colorado. Some of these were from endangered species, others were not as labeled, and some were not tuna at all. Of these last, five samples labeled as 'white tuna' were from a toxic fish, Escolar, which is a gempylid species banned for sale in Italy and Japan due to health concerns. 'It can cause gastrointestinal symptoms ranging from mild and rapid passage of oily yellow or orange droplets, to severe diarrhea with nausea and vomiting. The milder symptoms have been referred to as keriorrhea [i.e. flow of wax in Greek].' Fraud in sushi is not new; Slashdot also reported study on mislabeling in 2008. This new study shows that some sushi can actually make you sick. The study was also covered by Wired."

14 of 554 comments (clear)

  1. Yuck! Sushi! by Cornwallis · · Score: 3, Funny

    Eating sushi is almost as disgusting as eating raw fish!

    1. Re:Yuck! Sushi! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Cavemen discovered that cooking meat was a good idea some millennia ago and we've been doing it since then, but some people never got the memo because they were on an island or something.

    2. Re:Yuck! Sushi! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      So why don't you eat actual Sushi instead of Sashimi, with something like chicken if you don't like raw fish?

      The more you know...... the less food you'll hate over pure ignorance.

      Somehow raw chicken just doesn't do it for me.

  2. Re:Oh, so that's what happened. by Ethanol-fueled · · Score: 5, Funny

    "It can cause gastrointestinal symptoms range from mild and rapid passage of oily yellow or orange droplets"

    "Tubgirl Tuna", they call it.

  3. Re:Technically... by Kelzar · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why can't we all just get along? It doesn't have to be this way! Can't it be both? Just like a whale is a fish and a mammal?

  4. great timing by Eil · · Score: 4, Funny

    I just sat down at the computer for dinner with my spicy tuna roll and this is the top story on the Front page. Thank you Slashdot, for ruining my appetite yet again.

  5. Re:Fire goooooood. by amRadioHed · · Score: 3, Funny

    Your lose.

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  6. Re:So technically by j_166 · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's OK, you should see how the Japanese butcher our words.

  7. Re:Technically... by Shikaku · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's a party in my mouth and everyone's throwing up.

  8. Re:Buyer Beware! by royallthefourth · · Score: 4, Funny

    You'll have to pardon my prejudice if I don't take culinary advice from someone named TubeSteak

  9. Re:So technically by Splab · · Score: 3, Funny

    How much is a gigabyte then?

  10. Re:post by frenchgates · · Score: 4, Funny

    There has to be some kind of award that this post deserves. (Not to mention the girlfriend.) Mod this up. Is there an 'amusingly horrid' designation?

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  11. Magic by jDeepbeep · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because that's just what any employer wants to hear, more details about their employees' bowel movements!

    I've found there are two magic words, that when said together, sequentially, cause the listener to not care any further why you are going to not make it in to the office today.

    Word 1: Explosive
    Word 2: Diarrhea

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  12. Re:post by BaronHethorSamedi · · Score: 4, Funny

    Or how about '-1, Too Informative'?