Check This App Before Ordering Sushi
This Sierra Club app lets you check mercury levels in popular fish.
For sushi lovers concerned about mercury contamination, the Sierra Club has developed Safe Sushi, a new free app for smart phones that can help consumers determine the pollution levels in their favorite fish.
The app won't tell you if the fish you're enjoying is sustainably harvested, another key concern for green consumers, but it will help you keep a potent toxic substance out of your body. Mercury, released primarily from burning coal, rains down into the environment and contaminates fish. People are exposed primarily through eating seafood, and the health effects, particularly on developing children (pregnant women and nursing mothers take note), can be severe, including permanent reductions in IQ. Brain damage, in other words.
To check out the app, visit the Android Market or iTunes.
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