Tag Archive: PCBs

Lawsuit Exposes Unsafe PCB Contamination of Several Popular Fish Oil Supplements

A California environmental group is suing several producers of popular fish oil products for excessive contamination in their fish oils. The group, Mateel Environmental Justice Foundation, found that fish oil supplements from CVS Pharmacy, Nature Made, Rite Aid, GNC, Solgar, Twinlab, Now Health, Omega Protein and Pharmavite contained excessive levels of PCBs. California law requires that consumers…

Experts Say Avoid Farmed Salmon

A new study examining the dioxin content of wild and farm-raised salmon indicates that people should avoid eating farm-raised salmon. After analyzing the dioxin content of farm-raised and wild salmon captured in different regions, a group of North American researchers found that farm-raised types contain between 3 and 10 times more dioxin than wild salmon….

Fish Oil Supplements SUPPOSEDLY Free of Contaminants

According to a recent report by Consumer Labs, 41 brands of omega-3 fish oil were found not to contain mercury and polychlorinated byphenyls (PCBs). Skeptical? I am, and I’ll tell you why. The page states:

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