Today's Health Tips
Sometimes the easiest way to decipher seafood guidelines is in knowing what NOT to eat.
The Dirty Dozen
Yes fish, no fish, red fish…OK fish?
Our oceans have become so depleted of wild fish stocks, and so polluted
with industrial contaminants, that trying to figure out the fish that
are both safe and sustainable can make your head spin. "Good fish"
lists can change year after year, because stocks rebound or get
depleted every few years, but there are some fish that, no matter what,
you can always decline. The nonprofit Food and Water Watch looked at all
the varieties of fish out there, how they were harvested, how certain
species are farmed, and levels of toxic contaminants like mercury or
PCBs in the fish, as well as how heavily local fishermen relied upon
fisheries for their economic survival. These are the 12 fish, they
determined, that all of us should avoid, no matter what.
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