The Great Outsmores

Finally some good news. I devour smoked salmon in the late summer & early fall when they are on there runs in the West, in fact we were firing up the smoker twice a week or more this season. I do however worry about mercury levels in the fish, and steer clear of farmed salmon for this reason.

Now the good news: A team of researchers in Western Ontario have found that mercury levels in fish can drop off dramatically once mercury emissions from power plants and other sources are eliminated from the air above the lake surface.  It appears that fish gain most of their mercury toxicity from airborne mercury that settles on the lake surface.  This means that curbs on mercury output, once in place could have a great effect on mercury levels in fish in just a few years!

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