Re: Fish oil capsules--MERCURY?

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Has anyone ever come across anything conclusive about the possibility

of toxins, such as mercury, being present in fish oil? I seem to

recall reading that you can buy really expensive fish oil that comes

from fish in the northern Scandinavian waters that is toxin free (such

as the stuff used by the Mayo Clinic study that started it all). But

that stuff is really expensive. Omocor or something like that.

I fish the Great Lakes (especially Erie) every year and I just catch

and release. I don't eat these fish because of past pollution. I

wonder where most of the fish in fish oil comes from? 12 a day is a

massive quantity compared to what normal people take. I don't mean to

scare anybody; I use the el cheapo stuff ($7 for 300 at Sam's Club)

myself.

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A few months ago Consumer Reports did an article and review of fish oil. I know

it covered

some polutants, I don't know if it covered mercury.

[Guest guest]

There is a wonderful site devoted to testing " alternative " type products for

purity and analyzing claims made for such substances. Unfortunately, I don't

remember what the name of the site is - if it comes back to me, I'll let you

know. They were a reasonably trustworthy entity so I shelled over $20 bucks

for their really exhaustive reports on testing the purity of various fish

oil preps. Everything came back reasonably clean looking. However, my

research was 2 years ago.

We live in the SF Bay area. A dear friend likes to take A. fishing - we are

strictly catch and release as well.

Cy

Re: Fish oil capsules--MERCURY?

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>

>

> Has anyone ever come across anything conclusive about the possibility

> of toxins, such as mercury, being present in fish oil? I seem to

> recall reading that you can buy really expensive fish oil that comes

> from fish in the northern Scandinavian waters that is toxin free (such

> as the stuff used by the Mayo Clinic study that started it all). But

> that stuff is really expensive. Omocor or something like that.

>

> I fish the Great Lakes (especially Erie) every year and I just catch

> and release. I don't eat these fish because of past pollution. I

> wonder where most of the fish in fish oil comes from? 12 a day is a

> massive quantity compared to what normal people take. I don't mean to

> scare anybody; I use the el cheapo stuff ($7 for 300 at Sam's Club)

> myself.

>

>

>

>

> > > i would like to know if any of

> > > > u had any benefit by taking them...

> > > >

> > > > thx

> > > > priya

> > > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

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[Guest guest]

There is a wonderful site devoted to testing " alternative " type products for

purity and analyzing claims made for such substances. Unfortunately, I don't

remember what the name of the site is - if it comes back to me, I'll let you

know. They were a reasonably trustworthy entity so I shelled over $20 bucks

for their really exhaustive reports on testing the purity of various fish

oil preps. Everything came back reasonably clean looking. However, my

research was 2 years ago.

We live in the SF Bay area. A dear friend likes to take A. fishing - we are

strictly catch and release as well.

Cy

Re: Fish oil capsules--MERCURY?

>

>

>

> Has anyone ever come across anything conclusive about the possibility

> of toxins, such as mercury, being present in fish oil? I seem to

> recall reading that you can buy really expensive fish oil that comes

> from fish in the northern Scandinavian waters that is toxin free (such

> as the stuff used by the Mayo Clinic study that started it all). But

> that stuff is really expensive. Omocor or something like that.

>

> I fish the Great Lakes (especially Erie) every year and I just catch

> and release. I don't eat these fish because of past pollution. I

> wonder where most of the fish in fish oil comes from? 12 a day is a

> massive quantity compared to what normal people take. I don't mean to

> scare anybody; I use the el cheapo stuff ($7 for 300 at Sam's Club)

> myself.

>

>

>

>

> > > i would like to know if any of

> > > > u had any benefit by taking them...

> > > >

> > > > thx

> > > > priya

> > > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > To edit your settings for the group, go to our Yahoo Group

> > > home page:

> > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iga-nephropathy/

> > >

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> > >

> > > Thank you

> > >

> > >

> > > *

[Guest guest]

There is a wonderful site devoted to testing " alternative " type products for

purity and analyzing claims made for such substances. Unfortunately, I don't

remember what the name of the site is - if it comes back to me, I'll let you

know. They were a reasonably trustworthy entity so I shelled over $20 bucks

for their really exhaustive reports on testing the purity of various fish

oil preps. Everything came back reasonably clean looking. However, my

research was 2 years ago.

We live in the SF Bay area. A dear friend likes to take A. fishing - we are

strictly catch and release as well.

Cy

Re: Fish oil capsules--MERCURY?

>

>

>

> Has anyone ever come across anything conclusive about the possibility

> of toxins, such as mercury, being present in fish oil? I seem to

> recall reading that you can buy really expensive fish oil that comes

> from fish in the northern Scandinavian waters that is toxin free (such

> as the stuff used by the Mayo Clinic study that started it all). But

> that stuff is really expensive. Omocor or something like that.

>

> I fish the Great Lakes (especially Erie) every year and I just catch

> and release. I don't eat these fish because of past pollution. I

> wonder where most of the fish in fish oil comes from? 12 a day is a

> massive quantity compared to what normal people take. I don't mean to

> scare anybody; I use the el cheapo stuff ($7 for 300 at Sam's Club)

> myself.

>

>

>

>

> > > i would like to know if any of

> > > > u had any benefit by taking them...

> > > >

> > > > thx

> > > > priya

> > > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > To edit your settings for the group, go to our Yahoo Group

> > > home page:

> > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iga-nephropathy/

> > >

> > > To unsubcribe via email,

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> > > supported by donations. If you would like to help, go to:

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> > >

> > > Thank you

> > >

> > >

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