Dolphins, Mercury and Toxic Seafood
One of the incendiary secrets uncovered in THE COVE is that dolphin meat carries human health risks so potentially extreme that the public needs to be clearly and honestly informed about it. Studies of dolphin meat samples have demonstrated noteworthy contamination with mercury, methylmercury, cadmium, DDT and PCBs – a result of the dolphin’s position at the top of an increasingly toxic food chain. Here are some facts about dolphins, mercury and toxic seafood.
