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Fish oil capsules: Do you take them?
- March 3, 2010 1:28 PM |
- By POV
Some fish oil capsules sold as as health supplements contain trace amounts of PCBs, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in California by an environmental group.
The Mateel Environmental Justice Foundation introduced the lawsuit, along with two other plaintiffs, alleging fish oil companies have broken California law by not putting PCB levels on their labels.
California is the only state that requires labelling to warn consumers a product may contain trace amounts of polychlorinated biphenyl compounds, a toxic chemical that has been banned from production in the U.S. since 1979.
The Mateel group commissioned tests on 10 fish oils and found varying amounts of PCBs in all of them. The amounts ranged from 12 nanograms a day to more than 852 nanograms a day, based on the daily recommended dose written on the labels.
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Do you take fish oil capsules? Share why you take them or your alternatives to getting omega-3 fatty acids. Take our poll.
The Mateel Environmental Justice Foundation introduced the lawsuit, along with two other plaintiffs, alleging fish oil companies have broken California law by not putting PCB levels on their labels.
California is the only state that requires labelling to warn consumers a product may contain trace amounts of polychlorinated biphenyl compounds, a toxic chemical that has been banned from production in the U.S. since 1979.
The Mateel group commissioned tests on 10 fish oils and found varying amounts of PCBs in all of them. The amounts ranged from 12 nanograms a day to more than 852 nanograms a day, based on the daily recommended dose written on the labels.
Read more:
Do you take fish oil capsules? Share why you take them or your alternatives to getting omega-3 fatty acids. Take our poll.
(This poll is not scientific. It is based on readers' votes.)
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