AR-News: (US) Don't Eat That Fish

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High mercury levels in fish have prompted a new nationwide advisory: The 
species you bring home could make you sick. 
by Hal Herring 


It is the most basic of human rights: to fish for food, to take from the 
bounty of our waters a healthy meal for ourselves and our families. The practice 
is as old as mankind, from a caveman bent over a river with a sharpened stick 
to a modern angler powering a cast into the waves with a surf rod. But that 
right is under a grave threat. 
Most fishermen today are familiar with some form of fish consumption 
advisories, because almost every state has waters that are contaminated by industrial 
chemicals or other toxic substances such as dioxin or polychlorinated 
biphenyls (PCBs). Dealing with toxins is one of the sadder facts of being a sportsman 
in the modern world. And while federal and state agencies have made progress 
in reducing many kinds of water pollution, one poisonous substance is very much 
on the increase, and it may turn out to be more dangerous than all the others 
combined. 



full story:

http://www.fieldandstream.com/fieldstream/fishing/article/0,13199,605575,00.ht
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