alt Hacker NewsFatty fish accumulates heavy metales and other unhealthy components and pregnant women in Norway is told to limit the intake. But it has been controversial, the industry is not happy with these recommendations!
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pletnes • yesterday at 5:24 PM
From their food and over time, I assume? Since farmed salmon is fed and live a short life I would also assume that it has lower pollution levels than wild fish of similar size and composition.
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geysersam • yesterday at 6:37 PM
Can you link to those recommendations? I can't find anything on the Norwegian public health sites specifically about farmed salmon.
ndr • yesterday at 5:18 PM
I thought this was true for tuna and somewhat never registered it might be true for salmon too. I need to look this up and update, thank you.
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I can see this being sensible regarding, for example, swordfish, which is long lived apex predator. They get the bio accumulation of everything they eat. Farm salmon has a short life and a controlled diet. Where would they get heavy metals?