A WildAid report has revealed an alarming and unsustainable increase in the number of manta and mobula rays killed to supply a single ingredient – their gills – for a pseudo-medicinal health tonic in south China.
In addition, the dried gills were found to contain dangerous levels of toxic substances that could actually damage people’s health.
WildAid, which solely focused on reducing the demand for wildlife products, estimates that 99 per cent of the world’s manta gill consumers located in Guangzhou, China.
When toxicology tests were conducted on the dried gills, which are marketed as a product called Peng Yu Sai, from stalls in Guangzhou market, they were found to contain arsenic and cadmium levels far exceeding permissible limits in herbal medicines and foods as outlined by the Pharmacopoeia of China.
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