On 13 Jan 2004 20:11:50 -0800, (Jim S.)
wrote:


That being said, I am trying not to be ignorant about this whole
topic. It sounds to me like a lobbyist supported ****ing contest. What
are they trying to do scare us? I have a greater chance of dying from
secondhand ciggy smoke. And I don't smoke to begin with. I think it's
a bit strange actually. The whole point behind salmon farming was to
conserve wild stocks. Correct me if I am wrong, but those wild stocks
were/are overfished to the point where the fishery is unsustainable.
If the wild stocks are gone, then what are we left with?

I think it's one of those deals where both sides are right and it
doesn't really matter.

I 'm sure the lab tests are correct and the farmed salmon contain more
pollutants. I'm also sure that for the amount most people eat, there's
more danger of choking to death eating it than of dying from the
toxins.

That said, now that there's all this noise about it, I suspect that
the industry will clean up it's act anyway.

Terry