Regular readers here will be familiar with my strident opposition to
the ecologically destructive and economically unsustainable Salmon
Aquaculture aka Salmon Farming Industry.
They will also be familiar with the shills and pimps for same said
abomination-by their lies and falsehoods you shall know them.
Well today the Salmon Farming industry was dealt a heavy body blow by
the Scientific Journal Science http://www.sciencemag.org

http://www.davidsuzuki.org/Campaigns...re01080401.asp


International farmed salmon study supports groundbreaking Suzuki
Foundation research
January 08, 2004


VANCOUVER - Results of a large-scale scientific study on the toxicity
of farmed fish released today in the journal Science support a
pioneering study undertaken by the David Suzuki Foundation three years
ago.

In 2001, the Foundation reported that potentially dangerous levels of
toxic chemicals are contained in the feed given to farmed salmon in
Canada and Europe. The study released today confirms these findings on
a much larger scale.

Scientists tested approximately two tons of farmed and wild salmon,
and salmon feed collected from fish farm wholesalers and retailers in
major cities in North and South America and Europe, including
Vancouver and Toronto. Their findings indicate that contaminants are
significantly higher for farmed salmon than wild salmon.

The Science report argues that “consumption of farmed salmon may
result in exposure to a variety of persistent bioaccumulative
contaminants with the potential for an elevation in attendant health
risks.”

Dr. David Bates, former Dean of Medicine at the University of British
Columbia, is an international expert on pollution. He concurs that
there is a serious risk to health from ingesting contaminants such as
PCBs in our everyday diet.

“Studies have shown that PCBs have a remarkable ability to potentiate
cancer,” Bates says. “The European Union and the World Health
Organization have set acceptable levels and this was done after
analysis of an array of scientific studies. Unfortunately, Canadian
levels are much less stringent and the Canadian government has been
lax in dealing with this issue.”

The study also found that concentrations of contaminants in farmed
salmon from Europe were significantly greater than farmed salmon from
both North and South America.

“While European farmed fish are worse, Canadian farmed salmon are
still a potential health risk,” says Otto Langer, Director of Marine
Conservation.

“The study found that even the least contaminated farmed salmon have
significantly higher contamination levels of PCBs, dioxins, and other
chemicals than wild salmon. This once again underscores the need for
Canada to modernize our regulations regarding the amount of PCBs and
chemicals acceptable for human consumption.”

The Science report cites Environmental Protection Agency consumption
advice, which, based on the new findings, would recommend against
eating more than two meals per month of B.C. farmed fish. Those in
high-risk categories such as children and expectant mothers should eat
much less.

The report authors also recommend fish producers and retailers label
salmon as farmed.
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Also see
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/01/08/salmon_04010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3380735.stm

Of course the shills and media relations pimps have already tried to
muddy the waters-let's see them twist and turn here now!!!