Chookie wrote:
In article , Ben
wrote:


in australia various brands have been investigated for the levels of
mercury, and many generic brands actually are quiet safe, with
extremely low levels of mercury.

however as in all things, moderation is the key.

I've noticed that Aussie products in general are better quality than
American. I attribute this to the fact that most things in America seem
to be made in china, korea and other countries like that.


In this case it is simply that we have thrown less mercury into our fisheries,
and that would only be because of our smaller population. Don't worry, plenty
of our commodities are made in SE Asia, but our food is mostly our own. I
also found out recentlt that our transportation system is very good and
therefore our fresh food is closer to being fresh when we buy it than perhaps
it is in North America.


In MElbourne, the fruit was quite cheap and good quality in comparison
to Maryland, USA which is expensive and of lesser quality. Each place
has its positives and negatives though. Public transport here is far
superior to Melbourne (D.C. metro system) though Baltimore totally sucks.

regards,
Ben

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