The campaign is to raise awareness of the terrible state of Atlantic swordfish and to encourage people to stop buying it. So far Nora has been joined by 27 other chefs of major East Coast restaurants in taking swordfish off their menus until populations can recover. When it comes to eating seafood, there are other considerations to keep in mind. Beware of fish that live in coastal waters, because they are more likely to be contaminated by the toxins that have been dumped into rivers and oceans. Shellfish, which live in coastal effluents, feed in ways that expose them to high concentrations of wastes.
Raw shellfish can also transmit infectious diseases to humans.
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