ApocaDocs: Shark Fins Are Loaded With a Neurotoxin, Study Finds

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Posted Wed Mar 7 2012: from New York Times:


	Shark Fins Are Loaded With a Neurotoxin, Study Finds http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1331142304 Shark fins contain high levels of a potent neurotoxin that scientists have linked to neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, according to a recent study published in the journal Marine Drugs.... The study provides another reason not to eat shark fins or shark fin soup, an expensive delicacy prized in Asia for its taste and supposed health benefits. Growing demand for the product drives a global hunt that kills an estimated 73 million sharks a year; the animals are often brutally definned and tossed back into the water to slowly die. Several species are on the brink of extinction, and the loss of so many sharks spells trouble for marine ecosystems.

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'Doc Jim says:

I myself have always avoided shark fins.