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While I was pregnant, my OBGYN told me that the American Medical Association recommends no seafood for pregnant women due to the unregulated levels of heavy metals found in most fish (which can cause permanent damage to a developing baby). This seems like a huge problem, not only for pregnant women and children who are dealing with developing nervous systems, but all people. Is there a way to clean the sea of heavy metal pollutants?
hp_blogger_Olivia Rosewood: While I was pregnant, my OBGYN told me that the
I'll touch the overpopulation problem. We need close to zero population growth now. We have way too many people to feed and house. There won't be anymore land!
BIRTH CONTROL, people.
PatA: I'll touch the overpopulation problem. We need close to zero
I worked for Whole Foods for a while. There were really good people there and employees were treated very well, however I had to leave. Though their core values are admirable, their philosophy about "abundance" is just plain wrong. The spoilage and wastegenerated at WF is beyond unbelievable and most of it is driven by their "abundance metric". The waste actually made me ill.
Again, WF does a lot of good for their local communities and some third world farmers, but good intentions do not always lead to good results. Their fish departments are not what one thinks they are. They could be a positive force for change, but remove the dressing and you still have a big box food store.
After working at WF , I buy very,very little there. Find local markets and support them. Also, if you know what you're looking for you can find the exact SAME thing alot cheaper at the main stream markets.( ie, org. eggs $.50 cheaper and org milk $.60 cheaper, same olives from the same distributor, cheaper) It takes a little more effort , but it helps keeping good food costs down. The age of abundance is over.
sonoffestus: I worked for Whole Foods for a while. There were
I teach freediving here in Kona and anything that anyone can do to raise awareness about the poor health of our seas and the fish and food in it deserves a lot of support. This is so critical. I swim with all manner of sea critters, from the smallest and cutest to the biggest and spookiest. Since the economic downturn the local people have been taking turtles and other "protected" species and the counts of edible reef fish are decliing noticeably in the bay I train in.
On a larger scale many of the larger game fish are on the decline, they either aren't as numerous or are no longer a viable target for fisherman. Fewer full grown adults are found, more intermediate sizes are being taken... its getting bad.... and on top of it the mercury contamination makes eating large apex predators of any species less acceptable. you can only eat six to twelve ounces of fish per WEEK of many species as it is...
We can argue about global warming but there is no argument about the sea. We should consider full moratoriums on major food species and full bans on drift nets and other indiscriminate methods.... the Chinese and Japanese fisheries are busy raping the African coasts. The Somali pirates are actually fisherman who have had their fisheries raided because their country is in shambles...
lungfish: I teach freediving here in Kona and anything that anyone
2048. I'll be gone by then. Mmmmm seared ahi tuna marinated in sesame oil, soy sauce, ginger, garlic, green onion, and lime juice on a bed a fresh baby greens sounds good tonight. Thanks, Ted.
hypnus: 2048. I'll be gone by then. Mmmmm seared ahi tuna
The only thing that could interfere with Danson getting the message out would be if industry lobbyists collaborated with right-wing messagers and a somnambulent media.
Luckily, that could never happen... right?
RIGHT?!?
Clavis: The only thing that could interfere with Danson getting the
YAY! I am so pleased to see a major documentary about this. This has been a passion of mine for years, but I am a nobody. And my family still rolls their eyes at me when I talk about responsible fish eating. It's time the American public, or parts of it, learns about over fishing and what it is doing to our planet.
And PLEASE do not eat farmed salmon (tilapia and catfish are two species that you can eat farmed worry free) or shrimp. Shrimp farming in Thailand is ruining their environment and economy. And farmed salmon comes with a whole host of problems. Please visit the Marine Stewardship Council's website: msc.org. It gives you a run down on the good fish and the "evil" (to quote Bill Maher) fish.
Truye: YAY! I am so pleased to see a major documentary
2048? i dunno if we have that long, ted. in about 2004, i read of the Pew Commission report for the US navy on the topic of large sea life. the pew commission researched and gathered reportage from navy study worldwide.astonishingly, the conclusion was that over 90% of large life in the seas, such as whales, dolphins, barracuda, sharks and such - were already gone, poof.
i have also recently read that in the world's most fertile and needed fishing regions, that 75% of everything is just plain gone from overfishing and pollutants. at this rate, whether or not gluttonous humans have their dolphin-killing driftnetted tunafish sandwiches is the least of concerns. to hell with an insanely overpopulated and evilly exploitative humanity, albeit grotesquely mismanaged – the 6th great extinction, which catastrophe is now all around us, is the first extinction caused entirely by one errant species. if there were a biological court, our species would now stand convicted of massive crimes against life on earth. truth is that since the european project began the destruction of everything in its continuing imperial colonial resource theft, drastically increased since the industrial revolution...
albert grosvenor IV, the 4th generation publisher of the national geographic, wrote in an editorial therein, "with the ascendancy of the corporate state, nature has become a business warehouse in the process of a liquidation sale."
bucky fuller said the earth could handle maybe 10billion people (2035), IF WE HAD GOOD MANAGEMENT. noticed any good management recently?
tazdelaney: 2048? i dunno if we have that long, ted. in
Until we address the population problem nothing we do is going to have a measurable effect.. There are too many people right now for this planet to support and the population is growing by leaps and bounds every single day. It's long past time to get the birth rate under control.
kathy001: Until we address the population problem nothing we do is
You are so right. I sound like a right wing freak when I go on and on about babies as fashion accessories, entertainment, and power ploys- but the paradigm for reproduction has to be discussed and explored, and sane, secure people have to start being honest about profound subjects, like the meaning of life and the continuation of the human race.
It takes major balls - listen to us?!!! - Maybe that's the crux of the problem right there....
skippyB: You are so right. I sound like a right wing
Vegan is the way to go....we really live so selfishly in this country. It's not like all the seafood and meat and general flesh eating is keeping people healthy- the US is the fattest nation in the world.
brooklyncitizen: Vegan is the way to go....we really live so selfishly
BIRTH CONTROL, people.
The human species as a whole is too stupid to survive itself.
Again, WF does a lot of good for their local communitie
After working at WF , I buy very,very little there. Find local markets and support them. Also, if you know what you're looking for you can find the exact SAME thing alot cheaper at the main stream markets.( ie, org. eggs $.50 cheaper and org milk $.60 cheaper, same olives from the same distributo
On a larger scale many of the larger game fish are on the decline, they either aren't as numerous or are no longer a viable target for fisherman. Fewer full grown adults are found, more intermedia
We can argue about global warming but there is no argument about the sea. We should consider full moratorium
Do you have kids? Do you plan to have grandkids?
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Luckily, that could never happen... right?
RIGHT?!?
And PLEASE do not eat farmed salmon (tilapia and catfish are two species that you can eat farmed worry free) or shrimp. Shrimp farming in Thailand is ruining their environmen
i have also recently read that in the world's most fertile and needed fishing regions, that 75% of everything is just plain gone from overfishin
albert grosvenor IV, the 4th generation publisher of the national geographic
bucky fuller said the earth could handle maybe 10billion people (2035), IF WE HAD GOOD MANAGEMENT
great quote
It takes major balls - listen to us?!!! - Maybe that's the crux of the problem right there....