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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."

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  1. So technically by zoomshorts · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    99% of the US are simply ignorant. Proper use of words co-opted from other languages,
    should be the norm. Sadly most people pass on bad information all the time. Others
    tend to believe those people. Pity.

    Negative points for the topic being seen on Digg 24 hours ago.

    1. Re:So technically by maharb · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      If everyone in a culture uses a word to describe something and you are the only one who says it is something else then yuo are the ignorant one. Words are made up and have no inherent value... they only have the value that society gives them and in this case society doesn't agree with you.

    2. Re:So technically by Evil+Shabazz · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      Just keep telling yourself whatever you need to to feel good about being wrong.

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    3. Re:So technically by HangingChad · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      ...then yuo are the ignorant one.

      Sometimes the rebuttal just writes itself.

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  2. Re:Actually NO by mwvdlee · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So it's like going to the zoo, asking to see an ass and then having the zookeeper pull down his pants for you?

    Would it really have been THAT difficult for the UN peacekeeper to just yell "I need M830's!!!" so he could actually get the armor he needed?

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  3. Re:post by Lord+Ender · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I've gotta say, you are a perfect European stereotype. Tiny running shorts, pooping in the woods, then measuring it in units of "egg cup fulls."

    Is that metric egg cup fulls, by the way?

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