Author: Peter Etnoyer

The krill-oil product from Krill Bill claims a 15:1 ratio of omega-3 to omega-6 fatty acids, compared to 3:1 ratio for fish oil fatty acids. That’s an impressive benefit. Who knows? Maybe it’s a good way to get your omega-3 fatty acids, eating from the bottom of the food chain, without subjecting yourself to the heavy metals you find in fish these days.

It’s a good thing marine biologist Buki Rinkevich and his colleagues at the Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Station decided to test the effects of detergents on corals before using them to clean up an oil spill.
The researchers reported recently in Environmental Science and Technology that millimeter sized coral fragments succumbed to the detergent before the oil itself.

Even if you’re not pregnant, you have to be worried about toxic mercury levels in fish. Mercury is present in raw fish, like sushi, and canned fish, like tuna. High mercury content affects the nervous system and renal system, and diminishes the cardiovascular benefits of fish consumption, so eating fish may not benefit your health after all. So how safe is your sushi? More and more, it’s safe to assume your fish is polluted.