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idyllhands · 04-13-2008, 08:41 AM

I always though fish mercury level was based on the proximity to shore that the fish frequents. ie...deep sea fish=less mercury

xoxoxoBruce · 04-13-2008, 11:58 AM

No, it's how far up the food chain they are. Fish are eaten by bigger fish, and the biggest (and oldest) fish suffer the cumulative effect of the mercury in all the smaller fish.

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xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	No, it's how far up the food chain they are. Fish are eaten by bigger fish, and the biggest (and oldest) fish suffer the cumulative effect of the mercury in all the smaller fish. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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idyllhands Non-Newbie Sort Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 5	I always though fish mercury level was based on the proximity to shore that the fish frequents. ie...deep sea fish=less mercury

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