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Mercury is totally a toxicant to the body
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Seaspiracy

Mercury is totally a toxicantto the body

Mercury is totally a toxicant
to the body

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Mercury is totally a toxicant to the body.
Duration
4 seconds
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19
Timestamp in Movie
01:23:22
Uploaded
May 26, 2025
Genres
documentary, adventure
Production
A.U.M. Films & Media,Disrupt Studios

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Passionate about ocean life, a filmmaker sets out to document the harm that humans do to marine species - and uncovers alarming global corruption.
Let's say mercury from some industry pollutes the air or the water. - Seaspiracy 00:04
Let's say mercury from some industry pollutes the air o...
Small bacteria, plankton, they start picking up on the mercury. - Seaspiracy 00:05
Small bacteria, plankton, they start picking up on the mercu...
Then you've got the smaller fish eaten by the bigger fish, and so on. - Seaspiracy 00:04
Then you've got the smaller fish eaten by the bigger fi...
In essence, this is called bioaccumulation. - Seaspiracy 00:04
In essence, this is called bioaccumulation.
So there's other things in fish, it's not just omega-3 fatty acids. - Seaspiracy 00:05
So there's other things in fish, it's not just ome...
Those contaminants oftentimes outweigh the benefits of the nutrients. - Seaspiracy 00:06
Those contaminants oftentimes outweigh the benefits of the n...
A common belief is that fish are the best source - Seaspiracy 00:11
A common belief is that fish are the best source
It's the algae cells that are making the omega-3 fats, - Seaspiracy 00:07
It's the algae cells that are making the omega-3 fats,
And the algal DHA is what winds up in the fish's flesh, - Seaspiracy 00:13
And the algal DHA is what winds up in the fish's flesh,
So why not just eat the algae that has those great benefits we're looking for? - Seaspiracy 00:05
So why not just eat the algae that has those great benefits ...
Why even mess with the middleman, - Seaspiracy 00:05
Why even mess with the middleman,
We started New Wave Foods with the mission to disrupt seafood, - Seaspiracy 00:07
We started New Wave Foods with the mission to disrupt seafoo...
So you're not gonna miss out on taste, it's there for you. It's delicious. - Seaspiracy 00:04
So you're not gonna miss out on taste, it's there ...
But you will miss the cholesterol, there's no PCBs, - Seaspiracy 00:07
But you will miss the cholesterol, there's no PCBs,
You get the things you want from seafood, but none of the negative things. - Seaspiracy 00:04
You get the things you want from seafood, but none of the ne...
Plant-based solutions, I think, - Seaspiracy 00:06
Plant-based solutions, I think,
Traditional animal agriculture, raising cows and chickens on land, - Seaspiracy 00:07
Traditional animal agriculture, raising cows and chickens on...
The runoff from those procedures create dead zones in the environment. - Seaspiracy 00:04
The runoff from those procedures create dead zones in the en...
And fishing and fish farming, too. So if we can find alternatives - Seaspiracy 00:09
And fishing and fish farming, too. So if we can find alterna...
My journey had taken me far. - Seaspiracy 00:50
My journey had taken me far.