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Freshwater fish contaminated - wiperhunter2 - 01-18-2023
Have any of you heard of this? Hopefully this is just back East but they make it sound like it's everywhere.
https://news.yahoo.com/study-suggests-us-freshwater-fish-050100655.html
RE: Freshwater fish contaminated - meancuznalfy - 01-18-2023
I saw that somewhere awhile back, can't imagine that it's any worse than all the mercury and lead in fish already out here in the west.
RE: Freshwater fish contaminated - wiperhunter2 - 01-18-2023
You could be right but the article makes it seem pretty bad.
RE: Freshwater fish contaminated - meancuznalfy - 01-18-2023
Yes it does, and if it's that bad, then there's elevated levels in lots of other foods due to irrigation of crops from contaminated water
RE: Freshwater fish contaminated - wiperhunter2 - 01-18-2023
(01-18-2023, 03:54 AM)meancuznalfy Wrote: Yes it does, and if it's that bad, then there's elevated levels in lots of other foods due to irrigation of crops from contaminated water
True story
RE: Freshwater fish contaminated - castnshoot - 02-05-2023
a textbook case of environmental injustice” in which certain communities are “inordinately harmed.”
Contamination of this food source particularly “threatens those who cannot afford to purchase commercial seafood,” the authors stressed in a statement accompanying the study.
This part of the article makes me have some doubts,, plus they are measuring in parts per trillion.
RE: Freshwater fish contaminated - wiperhunter2 - 02-05-2023
I agree, they are making it sound much worse than it likely actually is.
RE: Freshwater fish contaminated - meancuznalfy - 02-05-2023
Yep, I see Montana is going to do a study on their waterways for here in the near future, be interesting to see what they say.