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Removing mercury from tuna

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Canned tuna may contain some mercury. Now it has been found that when the water brine contains cysteine, 25 to 35 percent of the mercury can be removed from the fish before consumption.

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News seen at: science alert - Health

Further Info

Image of tuna taken from Wikipedia
Wikipedia article on tuna
Wikipedia article on cysteine
Scientific article in "Global Challenges"

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