Lee Porrazzo Sues Bumble Bee Foods for Mercury Poisoning

New York local Lee Porrazzo said he has been eating ten cans of Bumble Bee tuna every week for the last two years until a trip to the hospital revealed he had a "dangerously high" mercury level. As a result, Fox News reported Porrazzo is suing Bumble Bee Foods alleging the company gave him mercury poisoning.

48-year-old Lee Porrazzo said he ate Bumble Bee tuna almost every day. He started purchasing the seafood in January 2006 after the Bumble Bee commercials referred to their food as "heart healthy," and it was "usually on sale" for $1 per can. Porrazzo and his roommate Roland Muccini would regularly buy large quantities of the canned tuna fish, believing it was "the cleanest source of protein."

Lee Porrazzo started having chest pains and went to the hospital, believing he was suffering from a heart attack. His doctor ran a "heavy metals" blood tests in October 2008, which showed he had mercury levels of 23 micrograms per liter, which is double the normal amount a person usually has.

The state Health Department also got in touch with Lee Porrazzo because of his high mercury levels and advised the New Yorker to stop eating tuna. Porrazzo holds Bumble Bee Foods responsible for his condition and seeks damages for a breach of warranty and negligence from the fish cannery. He is also filing a suit against the supermarket chain for placing the canned tuna on sale.

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