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Wild salmon in an Alaskan stream
(Photo courtesy USFWS)
New evidence released earlier this year by the David Suzuki Foundation suggests that farmed salmon from Canada and Scotland contain dangerous levels of toxic chemicals from contaminated feed. Two independent studies suggest a much larger problem may exist for fish raised in this way. With the growing restrictions on wild caught salmon, people are relying on farmed fish more and more.
The study found that the farmed salmon had as much as 10 times the levels of some pollutants, including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) than wild fish. PCBs have long been known to suppress the immune system, leaving the victims open to a variety of diseases.
When will our political and industry leaders put the health of consumers ahead of their quarterly profits? When will politicians, often the least qualified people to be making rules on health and safety, stop bending to the wishes of the National Fisheries Institute, the nation's leading fish industry trade group?
RESOURCES
1. Be reminded of the routine destruction of our oceans at:
http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/peril_oil_pollution.html
2. Read about the recent FDA warning about mercury in four types of fish in the "Seattle Times" by clicking here.
3. Read about the 60,000 newborns affected by mercury from contaminated fish by clicking here.
4. Learn about the situation with halibut from the International Pacific Halibut Commission at: http://www.iphc.washington.edu/halcom/default.htm
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