It turns out that eating shark fin soup is not only ecologically questionable, it may also be associated with neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's disease and ALS. A recent study, published in the journal Marine Drugs, documents high levels of BMAA, a neurotoxic amino acid associated with cyanobacterial blooms that biomagnifies as it moves through marine food webs and especially accumulates in collagen-rich tissues like... shark fins.
No comments:
Post a Comment