ISN'T EATING RAW FISH DANGEROUS?!

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Thats if its stored improperly. It is much safer to cook food before you eat it because it will get rid of anything unwanted but that doesnt mean every food always contains these unwanted additives.

Sushi grade fish is carefully inspected, usually on the dock immediately after the boat pulls in, on the boat itself in the case of Yellowfin. It is impossible to completely eliminate risk from life, but in the large picture eating sushi from a responsible source is quite low risk compared to many things we eat without a second thought. I will far sooner eat sushi than I would eat scrambled eggs or omelets from many diners.

Cooked foods can also be dangerous if they aren't served soon enough or are par cooked and not heated enough on the inside when they are finished. there are a lot of ways to get food poisoning. Go to a good restaurant to eat raw fish in sushi sashimi or raw beef in carpaccio. The main point is to eat food that you trust the preparer to have handled properly.

It's safe if...
1. It's not in the mid-west or somewhere similar where it has to be on a truck for 4 days.
2. You get it in a coastal town where it's fresh.
3. The Sushi chef uses safe practices to prepare the food.

I moved to the west coast. Since then I've been eating Sushi for years and love it. It's very healthy and you feel good for eating it. Weird at first though. Now I eat it once a week or so.

Anime lover-Here is a really great write up of the exact same question:

A Straight Dope Classic from Cecil's Storehouse of Human Knowledge
Question: Can you get worms from eating sushi?
November 8, 1985

Dear Cecil:

My wife loves sushi. Sushi is just raw fish. Raw fish is full of deadly contaminants. Is she doomed? Pull no punches.

— Mike M., Chicago

Cecil replies:

Mike, I have to be honest with you. There is a big potential problem here. It involves something that's small, pink, and crawls. HINT: You're not likely to chuck it under the chin and go, "Ooh, CUTE Baby Snookums." You got it, pal. Worms. Eating raw fish can result in anisakiasis, an infection caused by an infestation of Anisakis worm larvae. Now, don't panic, it's not that bad. They're not BIG worms. Not like one of those tapeworms, which can be a foot or two in length and take up more room in your abdominal cavity than you do. No, these are LITTLE worms. They grow up to a mere one inch in length. This is not comforting you, I can tell. Sorry, I'm doing the best I can. If you're lucky, the worms will wind up in your stomach, where the chief symptom is generally a sudden attack of intolerable pain. It starts within 12 hours after eating the affected fish and continues for two or three days, until the worms expire. If you're not as fortunate, the larvae head down to your intestines, where they can take up permanent residence. You could think of them as low-maintenance pets. I mean, you don't have to walk them. To be considerate, every once in a while you could sort of jiggle, so they get some exercise. As for eating — well, I guess they take care of that on their own.

Maybe you don't want to think about it.

Cases of anisakiasis turn up from time to time in Japan and the Netherlands, where raw fish eating is common. Here the disorder is often misdiagnosed as appendicitis, peptic ulcer, or stomach cancer. The only treatment is to poke a tube down your craw and remove the larvae one by one. The only preventive measure is to cook the fish or else freeze it at least three days. (Mercifully, many Japanese restaurants purchase squid and whatnot frozen. Shrimp, eel, and octopus are often cooked.) Some of the assassins who run sushi bars will tell you they can check for worms by "candling," holding the fish up to the light and cutting out the larvae before slapping what's left on your platter. The Centers for Disease Control, however, say the efficacy of this method is on a par with rain dancing. Now understand, I'm not saying you're GUARANTEED to get worms if you eat sushi, or, for that matter, sashimi, ceviche, or some other type of raw fish cuisine. Think of it as kind of a remote threat, like nuclear war. Or else stick to Chicken McNuggets.

I'm a personal chef. I eat sushi & sashimi (raw fish) as well as ceviche' (raw fish "cooked" in citric acids from limes & lemons). I have little concern of getting sick or getting worms. I have a greater concern about the very common method of getting salmonella via raw foods from salad bars like alfalpha sprouts or spinach. Outbreaks happen all the time...just do a search online. This is far more preventable because it's linked to human error time & time again.

Yeah it can be, you could get food poisoning if sushi is not prepared properly. If raw fish is fresh and prepared properly it will not have a fishy smell to it.

It is reasonably safe if there are reputable suppliers, but I say 'You take your chances'

Smoked and canned fish would be safe, but you never know about fresh fish, and how fresh it actually is.

yeah its dangerous unless its sushi. they clean sushi

they make sure its clean