Aburasokomutsu – Escolar (Walu Walu)
Source: Wild Mercury Risk: High Call it escolar, butterfish, walu, super white tuna, aburasokomutsu, or whatever you’d like – by any name, this medium-sized ocean fish poses a confounding set of challenges and is problematic at best. In fact, the commercial sale of escolar is banned in Japan and Italy. There’s a good reason for that. Why is…