Japan’s ‘toxic’ dolphin meat contains mercury up to 100 times safe level, test shows

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Japan’s ‘toxic’ dolphin meat contains mercury up to 100 times safe level, test shows
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Exclusive: Conservation group Action for Dolphins has lodged a complaint with police, demanding the meat be removed from sale

, a nonprofit based in Australia, filed the complaint with police in central Japan this month, amid expert warnings that regular consumption of dolphin meat could threaten the health of consumers.

An AFD investigator based in Japan ordered Risso’s dolphin offal from the Yahoo! Japan website on 13 October 2022. Two packages arrived on 15 October and were sent to a laboratory in Japan, where they were tested separately.Hannah Tait, AFD’s chief executive, said she hoped the test results and police complaint would result in dolphin meat being removed from sale in supermarkets, restaurants and the online retailer Yahoo! Japan.

“We hope that by launching this complaint the matter will be taken up with urgency and these products will be removed from Yahoo! Japan’s website, as well as from supermarket shelves and restaurant menus.

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