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Historically, the mussels harvested for eating have mostly lived very near the shoreline, and in areas with higher-density human populations. So their diets co
by bell-cot 2y ago
Historically, the mussels harvested for eating have mostly lived very near the shoreline, and in areas with higher-density human populations. So their diets contained enormously higher concentrations of civilization's myriad water pollutants, compared to big deep-water fish.
- Mistletoe 2y agoI don't know if that is right. https://onnalomd.com/blog/fish-mercury-pcb-levels https://onnalomd.com/blog/fish-mercury-pcb-levels Mussels PCBs is 0.8-7 ng/g and albacore tuna is 100. Mercury looks similar. I do notice that sardines seem higher in PCBs than I would have expected but their mercury is low.