I have been eating deer liver before they had the warning. Wouldn’t this also make cow liver unsafe, especially free range grass feed.
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I have been eating deer liver before they had the warning. Wouldn’t this also make cow liver unsafe, especially free range grass feed.
Exactly... I think that a (better) study & actual comparison numbers is needed. Btw, farmed salmon has tested worse than the "wild" one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Found
I personally only buy wild salmon or shrimp. Those "sustainable" fish are fed pellets or who knows what in cages. Be green and eat that mystery meat if you want, I will pay a little higher price for the free range food.
John
The logic behind deer/moose liver being unsafe as compared to beef is that deer/moose eat a lot of brush which (in theory) collects more cadmium that grass does, since brush - from growth to consumption has a longer lifespan that grass does.Quote:
Originally Posted by Found
Cadmium accumulates in the liver and is considered to be carcinogenic, so there really is no "safe" level.
BTW - smokers have about 7 times the cadmium in their bodies that non-smokers do - so if you smoke, eating deer liver is relatively harmless.