Comments on: Eating whale may add mercury to your hair

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 10:47:28 +0000

Just as soon as they give up fugu.

By: Irene

Irene — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 09:31:35 +0000

I don’t think most of Japanese ppl eat whale meat today to being with, including myself.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:20:07 +0000

“Eating whale does not add mercury to your hair, eating mercury adds mercury to your hair.”

So long as it is just in my hair, its all good.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:24:19 +0000

This is ridiculous; surely people should have learnt from past whale stories. Eating whale does not add mercury to your hair, eating mercury adds mercury to your hair. Whale meat has tremendous amounts of mercury in it due to the diet of whales (many tens of thousands of small fish). People need to stop the debate about whether whale meat is ethical or not, and throw traditions out the window. If you’re American, you know that eating undercooked meat — like hamburger — or consuming raw egg may very well give you e.coli or salmonella. It doesn’t matter that your grandpa used to be able to eat such things, it’s simply a matter of fact that undercooked food or raw egg nowadays is not 100% safe, and if you get food poisoning from consuming them, it’s entirely your own responsibility. Likewise, anyone who really cares about their health should not be eating whale, or at least consume it VERY infrequently.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/05/030520082803.htm

For that matter, shark fin has even more mercury than whales
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=shark+fin+mercury

By: leitmotiv

leitmotiv — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:05:23 +0000

Yes…at a little Japanese market near ebisu….cheap too….200yen/chunk

By: Rated R

Rated R — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:04:16 +0000

Mmm..dolphins… anyone ever seen dolphin cuts at the grocer? (Not the mislabeled dolphin.)

By: Vox24

Vox24 — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 07:59:40 +0000

Pilot Whales – the subject of the article – are not whales. They’re dolphins.

Granted, having “whale” in the title guarantees more controversy..

By: Rated R

Rated R — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 07:13:05 +0000

Hey, so what’s wrong with having Mercury Hair?? Queen is cool.

Besides, it’s gotta be better than all that orange crap people put in their hair here.

I suspect this is just some Green Peace nazi propaganda to make people not enjoy the succulent sea cattle’s meat. Can’t smoke on the street or on train platforms, and can’t eat whale… this is NOT the Japan it used to be.

By: LB

LB — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 07:01:45 +0000

Exactly. “Invest in the future: Whale Farms!”

Gonna be hard to herd them into corrals, though…

By: helical

helical — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 06:57:28 +0000

While there’s something irritating about this fact being used as a convenient reason to attack the pro-whaling camp when I know the anti-whaling camp’s true motives are more irrational and emotional, if it’s true, I have to admit this is a good reason as any to promote a ban on whaling.

…or for domesticating it in clean waters

By: tzvete

tzvete — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 06:33:26 +0000

I hope that many more Japanese would give up eating whale after reading this piece of news.