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PCBs in Fish Oil Supplements

People take fish oil supplements in order to be healthy. The last thing they expect is to find that the very tablets they are taking is contaminated with PCB’s.

We have all been told about the benefits of Omega-3 fatty acids which are present in a number of fish oil supplements but what we are not told about is the higher than normal levels of Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) compounds present within them.
People want the benefits of Omega-3 fatty acids but they shouldn’t also have to weigh up the health risk of an extremely toxic man-made chemical.

The fact is that not all fish oil supplements are dangerous.

But in tests conducted by environmental lawyers using private laboratories in the U.S.A, eight out of ten makers and sellers of varieties of fish oil supplements contained unacceptable levels of PCB’s.

Under California’s state law consumers have to warned about the presence of PCB’s in their product if they are found to contain amounts above the ‘safe harbour’ limits. But no such warnings were found on any of the products.

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