What are the facts on farmed fish?
Well, many farmed fish are OK and the link below will set you straight on which are. But, farmed fish, particularly salmon, are a definite No-No. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), banned in the U.S. since 1977 and members of a class of chemicals known as persistent organic pollutants, or POPs, were found at far higher levels in farmed than in wild salmon, according to a study released in January 2004. POPs accumulate in animal fat and rise in the food chain, so that large predator fish will generally contain higher amounts. Because farmed salmon are raised on feed that can include ground-up animals and fish, their bodies accumulate these pollutants. Other POPs found in fish include the organochlorine pesticide dieldrin and dioxins ~ the result of chlorine paper bleaching and manufacturing and incineration of PVC plastic. PCBs, which are neurotoxins, hormone disrupters and probable carcinogens, were found at levels seven times higher in farmed than in wild salmon. PCBs are also found at
