Food campaign body questions fish oil safety
Liz Fox
Wednesday, September 7, 2005
Vegetarian campaigners have hit out at the use of fish oil, found in recent trials to improve children's behaviour and concentration, claiming that fish oil supplements contain high levels of potentially toxic chemicals that could endanger health. The Vegetarian and Vegan Foundation says that pollutants such as dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) can accumulate in the fatty parts of fish which are then used to manufacture fish oil supplements.
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