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Article: Studies show PCB levels in farmed salmon comparable to wild salmon.
- Article from:
- World Disease Weekly
- Article date:
- November 16, 2004
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2004 NOV 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The latest round of PCB monitoring carried out by Salmon of the Americas (SOTA) show levels of PCBs in farmed salmon at about the same levels as those from wild Alaska Chinook and sockeye salmon.
This should put to rest any fears that arose from the notorious Hites study which appeared in the journal Science in January 2004 proclaiming farmed salmon to have higher levels of PCBs than their wild cousins.
The current SOTA testing found PCB levels in farmed salmon to be 11.5 ppb. These levels are virtually identical to those from the most recent study done by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation ...