
PCBs in Children’s Fish Oil Supplements
A study of 13 over-the-counter children’s fish oil supplements found that all were contaminated with PCB pollutants.
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A study of 13 over-the-counter children’s fish oil supplements found that all were contaminated with PCB pollutants.
The rising incidence of tick-bite induced meat allergies may account for cases of previously unexplained (“idiopathic”) persistent hives among children.
Foods of animal origin (especially fish) appear to be the most important source of human exposure to industrial pollutants such as alkylphenol xenoestrogens.
There’s a rare toxin, called domoic acid, that can turn up in tuna and other seafood and cause anterograde amnesia, the loss of short-term memory popularized in the movie Memento.