Sushi Shortcomings

[Iraira]

The fear pundits are in full swing this week........

Early lead exposure may hasten old-age mental decline

Could it be that the "natural" mental decline that afflicts many older people is related to how much lead they absorbed decades before?

That's the provocative idea emerging from some recent studies, part of a broader area of new research that suggests some pollutants can cause harm that shows up only years after someone is exposed.

The new work suggests long-ago lead exposure can make an aging person's brain work as if it's five years older than it really is. If that's verified by more research, it means that sharp cuts in environmental lead levels more than 20 years ago didn't stop its widespread effects.

"The fact that it's happening with lead is the first proof of principle that it's possible," said Schwartz, a leader in the study of lead's delayed effects. Other pollutants like mercury and pesticides may do the same thing, he said.

In fact, some recent research does suggest that being exposed to pesticides raises the risk of getting Parkinson's disease a decade or more later. Experts say such studies in mercury are lacking.

The notion of long-delayed effects is familiar; tobacco and asbestos, for example, can lead to cancer. But in recent years, scientists are coming to appreciate that exposure to other pollutants in early life also may promote disease much later on.

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/01/28/aging.brain.ap/index.html

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Low Level Mercury in Fish a Health Hazard
SAN FRANCISCO, California, October 10, 2008 (ENS) -The current mercury consumption guidelines from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration may not take into account the damage done by exposure to low levels of mercury in fish, according to a new book by San Francisco physician Dr. Jane Hightower.
"The problem is that we are not given enough information about just how much mercury is in the fish that is widely available in stores and restaurants. Most American consumers are simply unaware that the fish they eat could be making them sick," she said.
The San Francisco doctor was the first to recognize low-level mercury poisoning in patients who regularly consume certain types of fish when she saw the symptoms some of her own patients had in common. ...

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.... Japanese sushi is bad for your health!! Wanna know why? Bar Masa, which I live a few blocks up from in Manhattan, is an extremely over rated sushi den by this Japanese guy, who flies in all of his fish from Tsukiji! To sit down and have dinner at this restaurant, a sushi dinner mind you, run's $400 (42,000 Yen) a person! ...

Ex-waiters sue Manhattan sushi restaurant Masa over tips
Kyodo Nov 21. 2008
Former waiting staff of the Japanese sushi restaurant Masa have filed a lawsuit against the world-class Manhattan restaurant, claiming they were cheated out of tips...
....In the suit, lodged with the Manhattan Supreme Court, more than 100 former servers at Masa are claiming damages of more than $1 million, the New York daily said.
The plaintiffs in the case said Masa owner Masayoshi Takayama did not distribute to his staffers the 20 percent gratuity he requires of all customers, the newspaper said.
They also said Takayama required the waiting staff to pool additional tips received from customers and split the money with nonservice employees, according to the paper.....

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Reuters: Actor exits Broadway show citing mercury from sushi

Actor Jeremy Piven has abruptly left the cast of the hit Broadway revival of David Mamet's play "Speed-the-Plow" because of a high mercury count -- possibly caused by eating too much sushi. Producers of the play said on Thursday that Emmy winner William H. Macy, who has a long association with Mamet, and Tony award winner Norbert Leo Butz, will take over the role of a foul-mouthed studio executive. Piven, best known as a star of the TV show "Entourage", had been expected to continue in the play until late February. Citing doctor's advice, Piven, 43, ended his run on Wednesday after missing two performances this week. Mamet expressed skepticism at the unusual diagnosis. "I talked to Jeremy on the phone, and he told me that he discovered that he had a very high level of mercury," Mamet told newspaper Daily Variety. "So my understanding is that he is leaving show business to pursue a career as a thermometer"...more...

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City-shut sushi bar stays open

A dirty, roach- and rodent-infested East Village sushi joint ordered shut by city inspectors brazenly continued to dish raw fish to unsuspecting customers last weekend.

After it flunked three consecutive health inspections and was forced to close up shop, you'd hope customers would think better of picking up a chopstick at Fu Sushi on Avenue B -- even if it were the last Japanese restaurant on earth.

City agents had plastered a large yellow sign to the door June 23, ordering the eatery to shut down.

But all managers had to do was prop the door open -- obscuring the sign from plain sight -- and suddenly, a place deemed a health hazard was doing a bustling business, neighbors said.

"They did business with the door open . . . They were packed," said Village resident David Halladay, 57, adding that the restaurant would open up only after 6 p.m., when city inspectors wouldn't be around.

"You could smell it -- the basement stinks -- and I thought, 'It's a restaurant that serves raw food!" said Halladay, who reported the eatery to the city Health Department.

The restaurant's health-code violations involved everything from vermin in the cooking areas to an overall lack of cleanliness and staff hygiene, records show.

Workers raised the gate at the restaurant yesterday afternoon -- but quickly closed when approached by The Post. One employee even chased a photographer down the street.

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A C grade is given to restaurants receiving 28 or more violation points during an inspection. On March 3, inspectors slapped Fu Sushi with 30 points, and on June 9, the joint was slapped with 70 points.

On June 23, it was hit with a stunning 99 points.

The next day the owner agreed to pay more than $7,000 in fines, bring in pest-control experts and have his staff retake a food protection class, officials said.

But the restaurant could not reopen until another inspection could be scheduled, a Health Department spokesman said. The owner has yet to make an appointment.

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[Greji]

City-shut sushi bar stays open"....The restaurant's health-code violations involved everything from vermin in the cooking areas to an overall lack of cleanliness and staff hygiene...."

Picky, picky, picky. I mean some of that vermin dresses out nice. A little grease on the dishes? No biggy. Staff hygiene? That would probably ruin the taste if they washed their hands. Whadda ya expect? Like we're talking Fu's hash house here, not a Duncan Hines eatery....

[matsuki]

Whadda ya expect? Like we're talking Fu's hash house here, not a Duncan Hines eatery....

Two words Greji, BYOB sushi.

[Greji]

Two words Greji, BYOB sushi.

Sounds 'bout as tasty as a Tamagawa Trout sandwich....

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Study: Tuna Harms Brain Development In Kids
wusa9.com | Sept. 19, 2012
...The report, called Tuna Surprise, is the first report to test tuna being sold to schools.  Several recommendations from the report include the following:
- -Never serve albacore tuna to children.
- -Children under 55 pounds should eat light tuna no more than once per month.
- -Children over 55 pounds should not eat light tuna more more than twice a month.
- -Children who eat tuna at least once per week should be tested for mercury levels in their bloodstream...
...The group is calling on the USDA to phase out subsidies in the school lunch program for tuna...more...

[matsuki]

There's always...

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Mercury contamination in fish expected to rise in coming decades
CBS News | August 26, 2013 WARNING: link has an autostart video
In a study published Aug. 25 in the journal Nature Geoscience, University of Michigan researchers say that mercury produced by the coal-burning power plants in these northern Pacific countries travels thousands of miles through the air before rainfall deposits it on the ocean floor...From there, it's passed on to humans who consume contaminated Pacific Ocean fish, such as tuna and swordfish...more...

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[matsuki]

Minamata disease that, when finally recognized, can be shoganai'd away by "from kaigai"...this is a recipe for disaster.