How many plastic particles per serving have been found in the fish muscle itself?
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This the final video in a three-part series. Here are the first two in case you missed them: Microplastic Contamination and Seafood Safety (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/microplastic-contamination-and-seafood-safety) and Are Microplastics in Seafood a Cancer Risk? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/are-microplastics-in-seafood-a-cancer-risk).
This isn’t the first time I’ve touched on the issue of seafood and chemical pollutants:
• Fish Consumption and Suicide (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/fish-consumption-and-suicide)
• ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease): Fishing for Answers (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/als-lou-gehrigs-disease-fishing-for-answers/)
• Dioxins in U.S. Farm-Raised Catfish (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/dioxins-in-u-s-farm-raised-catfish/)
• Fish and Diabetes (https://www.nutritionfacts.org/video/fish-and-diabetes)
• California Children Are Contaminated (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/california-children-are-contaminated)
• How Long to Detox from Fish Before Pregnancy (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-long-to-detox-from-fish-before-pregnancy)
• Is Fish “Brain Food” for Older Adults? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/fish-brain-food-older-adults)
But what about the “benefits” we are told about fish? See Omega 3’s and the Eskimo Fish Tale (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/omega-3s-and-the-eskimo-fish-tale) and Is Fish Oil Just Snake Oil? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-fish-oil-just-snake-oil).
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