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Don Wiss <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 9 Aug 2003 15:22:03 -0400
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Theola Walden Baker wrote:

 >I received results of my hair mineral analysis today.  Of the 11 essential
 >minerals and 9 toxic elements tested, all fell within their reference ranges
 >except mercury and tin which were high.
 >
 >mercury 3.79 (rr < = 1.69)

 >I eat canned tuna about 4 times a week which may account for the mercury.

What type of tuna? In a NY Times article a couple weeks back they pointed
out that albacore tuna (sold as white tuna) has more mercury than light
tuna, which comes from smaller fish. In the white it was 0.5 parts per
million. and in light it was 0.13.

Don.

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