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[FONT=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]South Africa's Natal Sharks Board (NSB) is collaborating with the German NGO Sharkprojekt (Sharkproject - Wir kämpfen für Haie !) in an analysis of methyl mercury in flesh of sharks caught in their nets. Obviously, the bigger [sharks] are, the more methyl mercury they will have consumed," said Geremy Cliff of the NSB. "But age is also a factor. Some sharks, like the spiny dogfish, may be as old as 50 years, but grow to less than a metre in length." Wolf Snyckers of Sharkprojekt and co-ordinator of the project in South Africa said the Chinese are very interested in the experiments, given their taste for sharkfin soup. At a seafood safety and toxicology symposium in Chingdao in June 2006, Sharkprojekt presented the findings of two German scientists who developed a method of testing methyl mercury in shark products on European and Australian supermarket shelves. The scientists found that the shark products being sold had methyl mercury levels 60 times the 'safe' level for human consumption, and consumption could result in impotency and death. In China, shark products are promoted as a cure for impotency. "The sharks will have the last laugh yet, but the reality is without them, the ocean will die," says Andy Cobb, South African shark conservationist. [/FONT]
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I have taken this to many of the stores here in Savannah that sell shark meat. Many had no idea and were thankful for the information. What they do with it, well it's up to them. Knowledge is power.
Carolyn:sharks:
Ps: We consume shark products and do not even realize it!
http://www.shark.ch/Preservation/index.html
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Tests reveal shark flesh contains 60 times the safe level for human consumption[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]South Africa's Natal Sharks Board (NSB) is collaborating with the German NGO Sharkprojekt (Sharkproject - Wir kämpfen für Haie !) in an analysis of methyl mercury in flesh of sharks caught in their nets. Obviously, the bigger [sharks] are, the more methyl mercury they will have consumed," said Geremy Cliff of the NSB. "But age is also a factor. Some sharks, like the spiny dogfish, may be as old as 50 years, but grow to less than a metre in length." Wolf Snyckers of Sharkprojekt and co-ordinator of the project in South Africa said the Chinese are very interested in the experiments, given their taste for sharkfin soup. At a seafood safety and toxicology symposium in Chingdao in June 2006, Sharkprojekt presented the findings of two German scientists who developed a method of testing methyl mercury in shark products on European and Australian supermarket shelves. The scientists found that the shark products being sold had methyl mercury levels 60 times the 'safe' level for human consumption, and consumption could result in impotency and death. In China, shark products are promoted as a cure for impotency. "The sharks will have the last laugh yet, but the reality is without them, the ocean will die," says Andy Cobb, South African shark conservationist. [/FONT]
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I have taken this to many of the stores here in Savannah that sell shark meat. Many had no idea and were thankful for the information. What they do with it, well it's up to them. Knowledge is power.
Carolyn:sharks:
Ps: We consume shark products and do not even realize it!
http://www.shark.ch/Preservation/index.html
