Why bother to set mercury limits that are ignored?

The following are the results of certified and documented tests of Total Mercury (T-Hg) found in random samples of dolphin meat purchased from supermarkets in Taiji and Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture, in 2006-2008.

Hideki Moronuki, deputy director of the Far Seas Fishery Division of the Fisheries Agency, seems proud of his body’s high mercury level due to him having “eaten so much fish.” BOYD HARNELL PHOTO

The test system used is known as Cold Vapor Atomic Absorption Spectrometry.<more..>