The Internet Giant That Is Selling Toxic Whale and Dolphin Meat in Japan

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An environmental group says that mercury-contaminated marine mammal products are for sale on Yahoo Japan.


A pod of pilot whales. (Photo: Roland Seitre/Getty Images)

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April 08, 2015 By David Kirby

David Kirby has been a professional journalist for 25 years. His third book, Death at Seaworld, was published in 2012.

ale and dolphin meats being sold for human consumption on Yahoo Japan have potentially dangerous levels of poisonous mercury, a report released on Wednesday charged.

Of 13 whale and dolphin products purchased online, all contained mercury levels that exceeded the Japanese government’s recommendation of 0.4 parts per million or fewer, according to the group Environmental Investigation Agency, which commissioned the testing. EIA described Yahoo Japan as “the country’s largest online marketplace for whale and dolphin meat.”

The company is a joint venture between Yahoo and Softbank.

Yahoo's American representatives did not respond to requests for comment.

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