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  • June 2008

    • Can Fish-Hungry Japan Go Sustainable?

      newser  |  Gourmet  |  Jun 26, 08 7:16 AM CDT

      Can Fish-Hungry Japan Go Sustainable?

      Japan loves its fish: The island nation consumes an average of 147 pounds per person a year, compared to America’s 17. So, Samuel Fromartz wonders in Gourmet , how can Japanese fisheries continue to support supermarket fish counters as large as an entire US meat section? The answer, slowly gaining ground, is sustainable fishing, and retailers’ desire to have an eco-friendly stamp. More »

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      Japan  • fish  • Tokyo  • tuna  • sushi  • sustainability

  • April 2008

    • Greenpeace Wages Tuna Wars

      newser  |  Times (UK)  |  Apr 23, 08 6:51 AM CDT

      Greenpeace Wages Tuna Wars

      The world's tuna stocks are in danger, and Greenpeace is taking matters into its own hands, reports the Times of London . Faced with little action from regulators and boosted by success in tackling Japanese whalers, activists have vowed to continue to "interfere" with boats they say are plundering Pacific tuna at an unsustainable rate. More »

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      environmentalism  • fishing  • Greenpeace  • Pacific Ocean  • tuna

    • McCain Recipes Cribbed From Food Network

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Apr 16, 08 3:17 PM CDT

      McCain Recipes Cribbed From Food Network

      Rachael Ray tells Us Magazine she’s “flattered” John McCain’s website passed off some of her recipes as belonging to wife Cindy. An aide was embarrassed that dishes like Passion Fruit Mousse and Ahi Tuna with Napa Cabbage Slaw were lifted from Food Network sites, and blamed an intern—joking that Ray had been unwittingly appointed an advisor to the “department of gourmet.” More »

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      The View  • Cindy McCain  • recipes  • tuna  • Rachael Ray  • Food Network

  • January 2008

    • 'Sushi Capital' Japan Isn't Sweating Tuna Scare

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jan 27, 08 5:35 AM CST

      'Sushi Capital' Japan Isn't Sweating Tuna Scare

      New Yorkers may be in the throes of a sushi scare after the Times reported on the dangerous mercury levels in tuna, but the Japanese aren't batting an eyelid. One official's biggest concern was that the controversy would ignite "groundless rumors" about a healthy food, AP reports. "We're not talking about eating 10 tuna sushi every day—in which case I might be a little worried," said one sushi lover. More »

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      health  • Japan  • fish  • tuna  • sushi  • mercury

    • High Mercury Levels Found in Tuna Sushi

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jan 23, 08 7:50 AM CST

      High Mercury Levels Found in Tuna Sushi

      A quarter of tuna sushi sampled in New York contained mercury levels so high that the FDA could take legal action to ban the fish from the market, reports the New York Times .  Although the sushi was collected in New York City, experts believe samples elsewhere would be similar. “No one should eat a meal of tuna” more than once about every three weeks, said the professor who analyzed the samples. More »

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      FDA  • tuna  • sushi  • mercury

  • December 2007

    • Scientists Try to Save Bluefin

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Dec 24, 07 4:50 PM CST

      Scientists Try to Save Bluefin

      Bluefin tuna can grow to three-quarters of a ton, traverse the Atlantic in less than a month, and are growing rapidly extinct—thanks to fishing practices that are "totally out of control," one US official said. Marine biologists who track Bluefin populations are finding their suggestions rejected by world governments. “We know enough to save this species,” one conservationist said. “We don’t have the will.” More »

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      fish  • conservation  • fishing  • Gulf of Mexico  • Atlantic Ocean  • tuna

  • June 2007

    • Tuna Shortage Triggers Sushi Crisis

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jun 25, 07 4:21 AM CDT

      Tuna Shortage Triggers Sushi Crisis

      Plummeting supplies of tuna have become a recipe for disaster in Japan, where sushi lovers eat 60,000 tons of the fish a year. Desperate chefs are experimenting with increasingly bizarre sushi substitutes, including deer and even horse, the New York Times reports. But sushi without tuna in Japan is like American baseball without hotdogs. More »

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      Japan  • food  • fish  • horse  • tuna  • sushi  • deer

    • Vitamin D Slashes Cancer Rates

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jun 8, 07 2:30 PM CDT

      Vitamin D Slashes Cancer Rates

      The first research linking vitamin D directly to cancer prevention shows the nutrient sharply reduces cancer rates in older women. Only 3% of the 1,179 women monitored while taking a combination of vitamin D and calcium developed cancer over 4 years, a 60% lower rate than those given placebos, according to the breakthrough American Journal of Clinical Nutrition study. More »

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      cancer  • breast cancer  • doctor  • study  • Nebraska  • salmon  • Omaha  • vitamin D  • tuna  • cells  • vitamins  • research articles

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