혹시 미국에 지인이 있으신 분 계시면 이것 좀 보여주시면 안될까요?

제가 레딧에 직접하고 싶어도 카르마가 없어서 안된다네요...

하지만 뉴트리아 섭취 권장은 중금속에 중독될 위험이 너무나도 크고,

/출처 : 미국질병통제관리센터 cdc(https://www.cdc.gov/one-health/about/index.html)

그 결과는 모르고 먹었다는 죄로는 너무 끔찍하기 때문에 꼭 공유해주셨으면 좋겠어요.

뉴트리아는 중금속 축척이 비교적 심하게 일어나는 하천 늪지에서 서식하는 데다,

근처 서식하는 수생식물의 뿌리까지 파먹는 습성까지 있는 데 

심지어 그걸 하루에 자기 몸무게의 25%를 먹어치우기 때문에 

중금속 중독 위험이 다른 야생동물보다 훨씬 높다고 예상됩니다. 꼭 공유 부탁드릴게요.

제 글이긴 하지만 절대 돈 벌려고 이러는게 아닙니다. (물론 벌면 좋긴 합니다.)

아는 사람은 정보가 필요한 사람에게 마땅히 그 지식을 나누어야할 의무가 있지 않습니까?

어릴적 모르는 무언가를 물어봤던, 그리하여 답을 얻었던 사람에게는 말입니다.

Consumption: Actual Risk of Death from Lethal Heavy Metal Exposure

Warning: The following contains medical images that may be disturbing to some viewers. Please proceed with caution.

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The consumption of wild animals has long been a part of many cultural traditions.

However, this practice raises public health concerns that deserve closer scrutiny.

Some states in the U.S.—Maryland, Oregon, Washington, and California—are moving toward utilizing nutria, an invasive species, as a food source.

On the surface, the rationale appears sound:

population control, environmental protection, and a new source of protein.

But is it truly safe?

Discussions tend to center on ethical concerns, such as whether protected species might be harmed in the process.

These are valid debates.

But before we even reach questions of ethics, we must examine a more immediate concern: the environment these animals inhabit.

Farm-raised animals are different.

Farmers can control their feed, water, and hygiene.

Even in areas exposed to industrial pollution, livestock can still be monitored and regulated.

Nutria, however, are caught in the wild.

They roam rivers and wetlands, and no one can say for sure who caught them, where they were taken from, or what condition they were in.

What complicates matters further is the nutria’s remarkable resilience.

These animals can survive in harsh and contaminated environments.

This means they might carry high concentrations of heavy metals in their bodies—while appearing perfectly healthy.

Outwardly, they may seem safe.

Internally, they may be saturated with toxins.

That changes the nature of the question.

It’s not simply whether we can eat them.

It’s whether we should.

Thank you for your understanding. This is a copy of what I originally posted on Substack, but I currently don’t have enough karma to upload images here.

This isn’t just a theoretical concern.

We’ve seen the consequences before.

This is not merely a deformity.

This is the image of a person suffering from Itai-Itai disease—named after the Japanese phrase meaning “It hurts! It hurts!”—a condition caused by cadmium poisoning.

Once, the rivers of Toyama Prefecture in Japan seemed pristine.

People lived by consuming fish and crops from those waters.

But a silent toxin was seeping into their bodies.

Bones grew fragile. Ribs fractured from a cough.

Spines collapsed, shrinking victims’ height by over 20 cm.

Skin darkened. Pain became constant. Lives fell apart.

They cried out again and again:

“Itai! Itai!”

The cause was singular:

Cadmium in the river.

And in the organisms that grew within it.

Nutria are similarly resilient.

And the states promoting their consumption have notably low population densities.

This combination points toward one likely outcome:

If this policy succeeds, nutria could become a long-term staple food.

So the question becomes:

Can these states truly oversee this process across their vast territories?

Even as the world’s most powerful country, the United States cannot possibly monitor every river, every wetland, every trapper.

If they believe they can, it is arrogance.

If they never considered the risks, it is incompetence.

If they simply do not care whether the people eating nutria fall ill, that is the worst of all.

In any case, there is no excuse.

If the federal government fails to respond in a timely and responsible manner, it too must be considered accountable.

One Health: CDC’s Approach to Connecting Human, Animal, and Environmental Health, wild animals are regularly exposed to heavy metals and environmental toxins through soil, water, and vegetation.

These substances—lead, mercury, cadmium—can accumulate in their bodies and pose serious health risks to those who consume them.

https://www.cdc.gov/one-health/about/index.html

Nutria dig up and consume aquatic plants — up to roughly 25% of their body weight each day — in downstream rivers and wetlands, environments where heavy metals tend to accumulate. This feeding behavior makes nutria potentially more susceptible to heavy‑metal exposure than other wild animals.

Please consider sharing this information. The more people are aware, the more likely we are to prevent harm. What may seem like a distant issue could be putting lives at risk—quietly and invisibly.