No arsenic Hijiki seaweed omiyage please

[Taro Toporific]

UK Food Agency Advises Against Consumption of Hijiki Seaweed
Bloomberg - 28 July-- The U.K. Food Standards Agency warned people not to eat a type of seaweed served in Japanese and Korean restaurants after finding it contains high levels of a naturally occurring arsenic linked to cancer.
People shouldn't eat any hijiki -- a near-black, shredded seaweed harvested around Japan and Korea -- although occasional consumption probably wouldn't have increased cancer risks, the agency said in an e-mailed statement. U.K. regulators did a study after Canadian authorities found arsenic in hijiki. ...

[kansaiboy]

Does Japan have an FDA..? I tell u, so far I have been to various coutries trying to get food poisoning from MacDonalds and have yet to suffer from it... Damn guess I have to continue teaching for a living...

We used this in a pilot Internet Radio program tonight as a discussion point... can u imagine living in the countryside of Japan u can actually discuss this topic live for 30 min's.... ur welcome to check it out

http://its-my-life.net/archives/2004/07/the_way_it_was_.php

[Taro Toporific]

Does Japan have an FDA..?...We used this in a pilot Internet Radio program tonight as a discussion point... can u imagine living in the countryside of Japan u can actually discuss this topic live for 30 min's
http://its-my-life.net/archives/2004/07/the_way_it_was_.php

"Countryside of Japan u can actually discuss' sounds like a contradition of terms. On my Rich Ranch in Shikoku, everbody turns into stone when I start talking about pesticide use or the honorable Stewardship of the Land. Hey, I'm supposed to be in the Shikoku countryside right now but my trip was cancelled for work and the typhoon. Speaking of typhoons kansaiboy, grab your "sponge" and catch a few good 9 meter waves today.