March 6th, 2006
Bad Sushi
Sushi is more popular than ever before but eating it “has become the new Russian roulette” in terms of safety, a group campaigning against mercury in fish said on Monday.
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Tuna samples from six popular sushi restaurants in Los Angeles were taken to a Southern California lab for testing.
They returned an average mercury level of 0.721 parts per million, about 88 percent higher than the reported Food and Drug Administration level of 0.383 ppm for all fresh and frozen tuna.