> On Tue, 1 Jul 2003 14:08 Kirt Nieft wrote:
>
>> Consumer Reports latest issue has an feature on
>> Omega-3 supplements. Had a dozen+ tested.
>> All had the amount of fats claimed.
>> None had mercury. None were rancid.
>
> None had mercury?  Surely the best we could hope for is that none had more
> mercury than the permitted level.  I don't know who sets the standards in
> your country, or even if they are national, State or local government
> standards, but I think you will find measurable mercury levels in all fish
> oils.
>
> Keith

I read the article quickly at the library--it was very short. I'll have to
take a look at it again, but fish oil isn't a whole food. Maybe there is
some way of "purifying" it.

But your point is well taken. I

Cheers