Posted by viridis on January 5, 2003, at 3:07:03
In reply to Re: Fish oil--for Larry Hoover and » BeardedLady, posted by Larry Hoover on January 4, 2003, at 9:13:06
Hi Larry,
I'm not a chemist or toxicologist, but my understanding was that although inorganic forms of mercury aren't very lipid soluble, some organic forms such as methylmercury (which I think is of greatest concern) are. Is it just that, once in an organism, the attraction to some of the amino acids in proteins is strong enough to keep the organic forms out of the fats as well?
I'm just curious, and I certainly don't want to turn this into the fear of fish oil forum. It seems quite clear that mercury in fish oil supplements isn't a big concern. I'm really asking a more general question about mercury in the environment because I'm interested in these problems.
Thanks in advance,
Viridis
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