It doesnt surprise me anymore when people get information about seafood wrong and tuna in particular. But it does surprise me just how wrong they get it.

Lets take for instance Andrew Freeman on TakePart, hes an apparent expert on nutrition whose degree in history from UCLA and recent posts on prison overcrowding and a house in the UK made entirely of waste seem to back that credential up.

Andrew has decided that canned tuna is not healthy because it contains high levels of mercury. He doesnt define what high levels are but instead refers to a marginalized report from Consumer Reporters Magazine as his source.

But since it would appear Andrew simply read one article, before making his proclamation, lets take a look at the levels found in that particular article. The levels fell somewhere in the neighborhood ofum well a thousand percent lower than the lowest levels associated with adverse effects. So, he could have done some research or just asked the FDA.

Oh, and his assertion that Bluefin tuna are especially dangerous given their size is a puzzling one, seeing that Bluefin tuna are not used in canned tuna period.