Trout bearing chemicals are even in our national parks

[RamboLiberal]

Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer

You may turn up your nose at farmed Atlantic salmon or shrimp raised in ponds in China if you're searching for wholesome, safe foods. But do you eschew fish pulled from a remote lake in a U.S. national park?

Maybe so if you're concerned about eating elevated levels of mercury and chemical flame retardants.

Some trout from secluded lakes in Olympic and Mount Rainier national parks were so polluted they reached unsafe levels for routine human consumption, according to a study out Tuesday.

"We're looking at some of the most pristine areas left in North America that are under the protection of the national parks, and we're finding some alarming results," said Dixon Landers, a senior scientist with the Environmental Protection Agency's National Health and Environmental Effects Laboratory.



Read more: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/352814_parkpollute27.html

[Jane Austin]

1. Are they carrying them in backpacks or

hand bags?

:)

Sorry, this old English teacher couldn't resist.

[Zorra]

2. Doesn't that mean that all of us are being poisoned on a daily basis?

If trout in remote areas are being poisoned by toxic airborne particulate matter, then wouldn't people in more populated areas also be subjected to the same chemicals, both from the air as well as what is in our food and water?

Yikes. Talk about an "Inconvenient Truth".

[Viva_La_Revolution]

3. Yes.

I remember reading a few studies that tested certain populations. It's freakin scary. I'll see if I can dig up a few links...