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DetlefK

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5. Also, tuna is unhealthy as f**k, because they are so far up high in the food-chain.

Reply to Ohiogal (Original post)

Tue Dec 4, 2018, 11:12 AM

Dec 2018

All the pollution, like mercury, a fish has ever eaten builds up in the body of a fish. When a tuna eats a smaller fish, it absorbs that pollution.

The bigger fish, the more it eats and the more pollution it has absorbed.

So, if you are in the mood for some mercury, have some tuna.

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Big Tuna finds a scapegoat: Milennials [View all] Ohiogal Dec 2018 OP

The mercury warning seems to have the most exboyfil Dec 2018 #1

Lots of other products do the sneaky reduction thing Ohiogal Dec 2018 #3

"sneaky reduction thing" mitch96 Dec 2018 #8

OMG they're eating.... KansasKali Dec 2018 #2

Canned tuna is simply horrible in taste and texture. DetlefK Dec 2018 #4

Oh, I beg to differ, DetlefK. Polly Hennessey Dec 2018 #6

Tuna salad if made with the right ingredients is delicious. You just can't eat it too much... brush Dec 2018 #10

My version of tuna salad is completely plain. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2018 #15

It's all about taste. If I don't have the other stuff I go with tuna and mayo too. brush Dec 2018 #18

Also, tuna is unhealthy as f**k, because they are so far up high in the food-chain. DetlefK Dec 2018 #5

Well, I don't eat it every day, every hour, Polly Hennessey Dec 2018 #7

Simple: DetlefK Dec 2018 #9

Most of not all canned tuna is Yellowfin. flamin lib Dec 2018 #12

Here's a reason, too: silverweb Dec 2018 #11

People may be turning more to vegetables, but they will PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2018 #16

Of course. silverweb Dec 2018 #17

1st they killed mayo, Now canned tuna The Polack MSgt Dec 2018 #13

And as one who likes and uses albacore tuna, I do wonder irisblue Dec 2018 #14