The owner of a restaurant whose tuna sushi had particularly high mercury concentrations said he was shocked by the findings. He is a former chairman of the New Jersey Mercury Task Force and also treats patients with mercury poisoning. Joanna Burger, professor of life sciences at Rutgers University.
Gochfeld analyzed the sushi for The Times with Dr.
Michael Gochfeld, professor of environmental and occupational medicine at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in Piscataway, N.J.ĭr. “No one should eat a meal of tuna with mercury levels like those found in the restaurant samples more than about once every three weeks,' said Dr. The sushi was bought by The New York Times in October. Sushi from 5 of the 20 places had mercury levels so high that the Food and Drug Administration could take legal action to remove the fish from the market. High Mercury Levels Are Found in Tuna Sushi Sushi contaminated with Mercury found all over New York City
