One problem is tuna rolls don't use canned tuna. Ignoring the posts I made showing how high mercury levels can be in sushi today, take a look at the chart linked to in that PBS page you provided -- bigeye tuna mercury levels are nearly six times the level of canned light tuna. 6 times the number you provided is over 300 micrograms. One day on the low level you provided is 23 micrograms. Looks to be an order of magnitude larger to me.Originally posted by: alchemize
Idiot sez: "You probably get orders of magnitude more mercury from eating a couple tuna rolls or driving by a coal power plant."
Then I show what you get from "eating a couple of tuna rolls":
http://www.pbs.org/now/science/mercuryinfish.html
6 ounces of tuna equates to about 52.7 micrograms
Versus what you get from a filling:
http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/docke...des/2006-4218s2-03.pdf
"160 to a high of 782 micrograms in the first week per filling"
Crickets, stupidity, or admit you were wrong?
And that PDF is a study on new fillings. It says the release rate on older fillings might be as low as 1-10 micrograms a day.