Food safety
Shark fin is likened to a luxury tonic, but is it really good?
According to records in Chinese history, since the Ming Dynasty, shark fin was considered a rare delicacy. Why are shark fins so rare? The following article explains it…
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Articles about Shark Fin
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Animal world
The startling discovery of lemon shark
Each lemon shark is pregnant and can breed from 4 different males. When food sources are scarce, they eat their own species.
Science Events
The European Union banned shark fin cuts
With 566 votes in favor, 47 votes against and 16 abstentions, the European Parliament passed a law banning the complete cut of shark fin, the BBC reported.
Medicine - Health
Warning of fake shark microbes, made of plastic
The National Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department - Nafiqad (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) has just said that, through inspection and an…
Medicine - Health
Procession of disease because of eating micro-fish soup
LiveScience reported that the analysis of shark fin components in Florida waters has found high levels of BMAA, a neurotoxin that can cause Alzheimer's and Lou Gehrig's…
Medicine - Health
Shark fin is harmful to health
Contrary to popular belief, shark fins have very little nutritional value and can even be harmful to long-term health because they contain large amounts of mercury.