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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Fish & Diabetes
The relationship between fish consumption and diabetes risk may be due to toxic pollutants that build up in the aquatic food chain.
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Dietary Sources of Alkylphenol Endocrine Disruptors
Foods of animal origin (especially fish) appear to be the most important source of human exposure to industrial pollutants such as alkylphenol xenoestrogens.
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Is Fish Oil Just Snake Oil?
Advice to eat oily fish, or take fish oil, to lower risk of heart disease, stroke, or mortality is no longer supported by the balance of available evidence.
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Red Fish, White Fish; Dark Fish, Atrial Fibrillation
The consumption of dark fish (such as salmon, swordfish, bluefish, mackerel, and sardines) may increase our risk of atrial fibrillation—an irregular heartbeat rhythm associated with stroke, dementia, heart failure, and a shortened lifespan.
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Fish Oil in Troubled Waters
Major fish oil manufacturers and drug stores are being sued for failing to disclose the PCB pollutants in fish oil supplements.
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Food Sources of PCB Chemical Pollutants
The top three sources of industrial toxins in the diet are fish oil, fish, and eggs.
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Is Distilled Fish Oil Toxin-Free?
Researchers test molecularly distilled fish oil supplements for industrial pollutants.
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Hair Testing for Mercury
Due to the state of the world’s oceans, human biomarkers for fish consumption now include dioxins, PCBs, and mercury.
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Fish Intake Biomarker
Blood arsenic levels may be an accurate indicator of seafood intake.
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Is Cod Liver Oil Good for You?
Even distilled cod liver oil supplements may have toxic levels of vitamin A.
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DDT in Fish Oil Supplements
Though banned decades ago, the pesticide DDT persists in the food supply.
