Earthly matters

Did you ever think that you would have to look up how much tuna you should eat in a week for your body weight? Well...apparently that day has now come. EWG (Environmental Working Group) has done it again with their interactive tuna calculator. First, EWG came out with the interactive cosmetics database called Skin Deep that exposes cosmetics for toxins. Always on the pulse, their latest kudo is the Tuna Calculator. A tuna calculator? Does this tell us how much tuna we should eat? According to experts we are supposed to consume more fish...right? Apparently not. Tuna and all ocean fish contain mercury from our environmental contamination.

Parameters have been established by the FDA (The Food and Drug Adminstration) in the US as to how much tuna is safe to eat. Who knew? We have heard wind that pregnant women need to observe caution when consuming tuna but most people don't realize this also affects us.

The calculator is a no-brainer to use. Simply type in how much you weigh and whether you are male or female and whoala...you get exactly how much tuna you can eat-provided that you are not pregnant- that is considered safe. Prepare to be amazed and horrified all at the same time.
Check it out at: www.ewg.org/tunacalculator