Saturday, October 17, 2009 @ 4:16 PM Author: clarinda
I want to watch the following two drama series!! That is in addition to the Korean dramas I am currently watching..TOKYO - A CENTRAL Japanese town targeted by an American film for its annual dolphin hunt said Friday it is checking residents for mercury poisoning that may be caused by regularly eating whale and dolphin meat.
Taiji won notoriety after the recent release of 'The Cove,' a documentary that shows fishermen herding dolphins into a hidden cove and killing them with spearlike poles.
The film argues that dolphin meat is too dangerously laced with mercury to be consumed.
The tests on strands of hair are being offered free of charge to any of Taiji's 3,500 residents who want them, a town official overseeing health and welfare said Friday.
The Taiji official denied the mercury-level tests are related to the movie. He reiterated the town's position that eating dolphin and whale meat is part of a 400-year-old culture and said the town has never had any apparent cases of mercury poisoning.
Many Taiji residents are suspicious about the portrayal of its annual dolphin hunt, especially by the foreign media. -- AP