Editing Whaling (section)

=== Health risks ===
{{See also|Whale meat#Toxicity}}
Whales are long-lived predators, so their tissues build up concentrations of [[methylmercury]] from their prey. Mercury concentrations reach levels that are hazardous to humans who consume too much too often, since mercury also bioaccumulates in humans. High levels have been found in the Caribbean<ref name="mcc">{{Cite journal |last1=McCormack |first1=Meaghan A. |last2=Fielding |first2=Russell |last3=Kiszka |first3=Jeremy J. |last4=Paz |first4=Valeria |last5=Jackson |first5=Brian P. |last6=Bergfelt |first6=Don R. |last7=Dutton |first7=Jessica |date=February 2020 |title=Mercury and selenium concentrations, and selenium:mercury molar ratios in small cetaceans taken off St. Vincent, West Indies |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0013935119307054 |journal=Environmental Research |language=en |volume=181 |pages=108908 |doi=10.1016/j.envres.2019.108908|pmid=31759648 |bibcode=2020ER....18108908M |s2cid=208274373 }}</ref> (where people are advised not to exceed one serving every three weeks),<ref name="fielding" /> in the Faroe Islands,<ref name="weihe">{{Cite journal |last1=Weihe |first1=Pál |last2=Debes Joensen |first2=Høgni |date=2012-01-31 |title=Dietary recommendations regarding pilot whale meat and blubber in the Faroe Islands |journal=International Journal of Circumpolar Health |language=en |volume=71 |issue=1 |pages=18594 |doi=10.3402/ijch.v71i0.18594 |pmid=22789518 |issn=2242-3982|pmc=3417701 }}</ref> and in Japan.<ref name="simm">{{Cite journal |last=Simmonds |first=M. P. ,K. Haraguchi,T. Endo,F. Cipriano,S. R. Palumbi & G. M. Troisi |date=2002-11-23 |title=Human health significance of organochlorine and mercury contaminants in Japanese whale meat |journal=Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health. Part A |volume=65 |issue=17 |pages=1211–1235 |doi=10.1080/152873902760125714 |pmid=12167206 |bibcode=2002JTEHA..65.1211S |s2cid=24439081 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/11220110}}</ref>