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Mia Vialti

Seafood: health/ethics

Latest Post: January 2009

67 followers

I really enjoy eating seafood. However there is a lot of conflicting information out there about the risks and benefits of seafood eating. Fish are an essential source of omega-3s; meanwhile fish is full of mercury and environmental toxins; and then there's the problem of sustainable fishing. What's a well-intentioned person to do?

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Solveig Wright, Where to begin?

January 2009

33 followers

Hi Mia,

The Environmental Defense Fund has a very nice series of reguarly updated webpages on this topic. I suggest you take a look. In particular they have a nice "substitutions list" you can print and take to the supermarket with you to make healthy (and environmentally sound) decisions about which fish species to enjoy, and which to substitute in recipes when the ones called for are not so safe to eat.

http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=1541