[ransomnote]

I can’t understand how the freakish behavior of people of Japanese descent living on an isolated island for 30 years reflects negatively on Japanese culture as a whole. IF there’s a freak island out there populated with barbarian Americans living like animals, I don’t want my country judged as having the same character.
When I worked as a marine biologist, I collected biological sampling data from the commercial hauls of fisherman. I think it’s wise to combine the two efforts so that you don’t catch/kill animals strictly to take measurements and toss them dead back into the water.

[anglian]

And here is the crap they are feeding the children. Little ones who are the most vulnerable! HUMAN HEALTH SIGNIFICANCE OF ORGANOCHLORINE AND MERCURY CONTAMINANTS IN JAPANESE WHALE MEAT "The concentrations of total mercury, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and organochlorine pesticides ( ΣDDT, dieldrin, hexachlorobenzene [HCB], and ΣHCH) were determined in 61 whale meat products (bacon, blubber, red meat, liver, intestine, and tongue) purchased from retail outlets across Japan. Mean (range) concentrations of contaminants in all samples were: total mercury 4.17 (0.01-204); ΣPCB 1.14 (0-8.94); ΣDDT 0.98 (0-7.46); dieldrin 0.07 (0-0.35); HCB 0.06 (0-0.22); and ΣHCH 0.07 (0-0.19) µg/g (wet weight). The data were used to calculate estimated daily intakes (EDIs) of contaminants at two hypothetical levels of whale meat consumption. These EDIs were compared with FAO/WHO "tolerable daily intake" (TDI) values for each chemical. EDIs calculated for higher levels of whale meat consumption were in some cases exceptionally high* and for many products exceeded FAO/ WHO-TDIs for total mercury, PCBs, and dieldrin, with exceedance factor values (EDI/TDI) for total mercury, PCBs, and dieldrin reaching maxima of 175, 5.36, and 2.1, respectively." http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a713853239