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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 10:50 AM Original message |
isn't it child abuse to feed mercury tainted fish to children? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
1. No. |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. why not? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 11:07 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Is this really about fish? |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 11:19 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. you must be loony to connect mercury tainted fish to vaccines |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
39. Says the person asking if serving fish constitutes child abuse. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
2. Is it child abuse to have children around air polution, such as most motor vehicles? |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
3. It's being said that seafood will be off the menu by 2020 due to overfishing. |
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dem629 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 11:06 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I've been hearing that "10 years left" stuff since 1980. |
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pollo poco (286 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Well, thank goodness! |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 11:32 AM Response to Reply #3 |
36. How does a planet die? |
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pollo poco (286 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
7. It's fish abuse |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 11:21 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. true |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
8. Not anymore than any of the other forms of poor nutritional habits that our kids acquire: |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 11:22 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. mercury poisoning isn't a poor nutritional habit |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. how about nitrates in deli meat, hormones in chicken and milk, pesticide on fruit and veggie |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 11:43 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. this thread is about fresh water fish, you are free to start a thread on |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. or |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 11:20 AM Response to Reply #21 |
31. sorry, didn't mean to jump on you - heat of the moment lol |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #31 |
37. . |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
13. No, you left out a critical paragraph that says only a quarter exceeded EPA limits. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 11:39 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. bushco raised the limit of mercury in food. safe level today is not the same as yesterday |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 02:18 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. There is no "safe" level - there is an accepted poison dose |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. you are right. thanks for correction. safe-R. but none is good. nt |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 11:39 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. and we are to just forget the heavy mercury found in those numerous |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. btw, they recommend no preg women eat tuna or little kids. not that there is an issue. nt |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
16. At what levels? |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 11:42 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. if you are just a linguist how can you judge her education? |
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pollo poco (286 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 12:16 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. What a relief! I was getting all wee-weed up...over nothing |
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Brother Buzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
22. It's child abuse to serve the blue plate special, North Atlantic scrod with Quaker State, too |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Metallic mercury is not the problem; methyl mercury boils at 94 degrees Centigrade |
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Brother Buzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 01:03 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I was attempting to be facetious. Organo-mercury compounds are extremely toxic and our local legacy |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
23. What kids eat fish? Both my 4 and 5 year olds think its gross and stinky. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 11:25 AM Response to Reply #23 |
33. Could you understand that for many poor kids, that is their only source of protein? |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
24. I think children should be starved and left without water |
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Lagomorph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Well, maybe teenagers.... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #24 |
34. Exactly. Especially poor kids. If they can't be like the vaunted muddle-class, then to hell with |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
32. GREAT! One more way to punish poor folk! |
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Becky72 (457 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
35. It takes a lot of fish to poison someone |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
38. Here in California, eating more than twice a month from our local waterways is stupid. |
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revolution breeze (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
40. Another Catch-22 situation |
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Viking12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
41. Is it child abuse to withhold Omega-3 Fatty Acids from children? |
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