Thread: Mercury levels

most people that are worried about the toxins in fish have not really looked into what is already in the food chain , seafood from overseas quite often has chemicals in them that are banned in the US , the same goes for bananas that are not "organic" , they still use ddt down in them jungles .
the list goes on and on and to be very sure of this , you are more likely to kill yourself eating at a fast food place regularly ,than consuming fish from local waters .
sides all that , my water bill actually says don't drink it ......not kidding
our planet is full of pollutants and in most cases the food we consume is full of things that are known to be not for consumption ,its like them folks that raise beef and the usda saying the growth hormones they put in the beef are ok , and then finding out our beef is banned in many countries as an import .....
the studies I saw done on that are scary, so the next time your worried about a fish from whatever lake , keep in mind this about that .....your honey bun this morning was very probably way worse for you than a local fish

Originally Posted by SuperDave336

If I had the choice I’d just fish another lake with no warning

I don’t have much choice around here. I just catch and release. My little creek has PFOS among other things, and the lower Delaware had been shot for years. That said. The fishing is still good.
Bob

Originally Posted by BobC

I don’t have much choice around here. I just catch and release. My little creek has PFOS among other things, and the lower Delaware had been shot for years. That said. The fishing is still good.
Bob

the fisheries folks told me never mind how pretty and healthy they look in one spot back when , said the fish were so full of so many dangerous chemicals it was unimaginable , he went on to say you couldn't EVEN pay him to eat one ....
Sk and I were really ripping some BIG beautiful Slabs and he asked me what exactly is wrong with these here fish when I told him they were not edible and I said not a real clue why they are considered so unhealthy , but I will call my buddy at the fisheries dept and find out ......
got me a long serious explanation and warning about the looks of the fish compared to what was in them ....

Originally Posted by Tracker123

That's the truth. As a young kid, we toured a meat packing plant on a school field trip. Major supplier we all know. Saw how everything was made. Unbelievable. Hot dogs, sausage, bologna, etc. Nasty as all get out - to this day I'll always renumber that and won't touch it. You folks have no idea. Grind my own sausage.

Randy, my dad and I have been making our own sausage for years! We know EXACTLY what is in ours!

Originally Posted by Tracker123

That's the truth. As a young kid, we toured a meat packing plant on a school field trip. Major supplier we all know. Saw how everything was made. Unbelievable. Hot dogs, sausage, bologna, etc. Nasty as all get out - to this day I'll always renumber that and won't touch it. You folks have no idea. Grind my own sausage.

We used to have an Oscar Mayer plant here, only thing not used from a hog are the tumors, absesses, and spoiled/bile covered parts. Everything else gets butcher cut for sale, made into sausage/hotdogs, redered for oils/fats, or sold for dog food.

Any "meat" left from butchering goes into your hotdogs, and theres a reason meat is in quotations.

I simply make my own sausages. I invested in a nice grinder and stuffer, and use deer and whole cuts of pork. I know what is in mine, real meat.

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A few years ago I got blessed with some food allergies. I am now allergic to nitrites(all cured/processed meats) and MSG. No chinese foof. No Popeye's chicken. It sucks but I eat healthier than most.

I worked in further processing chicken plant one summer. All we did was batter and cook tenders and breast. If anything hit the floor it went to the rendering plant(dog food). It was a clean place.

Something on the mercury, I read up on the last yr is that Centerhill Lake here in TN now has mercury warnings on it... It is one of the most pristine lakes around. There is a coal burning plant for TVA to the west about 50miles on Old Hickory lake. When coal is burnt one of the by products in the smoke is mercury. As it gets blown to the east it falls out. This is most likely were it came from unless someone knows better. There is no industry around this lake.
I eat fish white catfish from the TN river, crappie when available. Rojo is my hero. Making his own sushi. I make ceviche sometimes from crappie...

One of the small lakes about 5 miles from my parent's place has a great population of crappie, catfish, and bass, but they're inedible because of PCB contamination. There was a company in Raleigh called Ward Transformers that built and remanufactured transformers in the area. Instead of paying to properly dispose of the PCB laced oil, they'd spray it out alongside country roadsides, figuring nobody would notice. There's no telling how many tons of soil had to be dug up and put in a sealed landfill at taxpayer expense. One of the places they dumped became a recreational park lake. There are signs around the lake not to consume the fish there, but some people still eat them. I'm not sure if the Wards all died in prison or if any of them are still alive. I hope they rot in Hades.

Jim

Originally Posted by Yak Fish

One of the small lakes about 5 miles from my parent's place has a great population of crappie, catfish, and bass, but they're inedible because of PCB contamination. There was a company in Raleigh called Ward Transformers that built and remanufactured transformers in the area. Instead of paying to properly dispose of the PCB laced oil, they'd spray it out alongside country roadsides, figuring nobody would notice. There's no telling how many tons of soil had to be dug up and put in a sealed landfill at taxpayer expense. One of the places they dumped became a recreational park lake. There are signs around the lake not to consume the fish there, but some people still eat them. I'm not sure if the Wards all died in prison or if any of them are still alive. I hope they rot in Hades.

Jim

PCB is the one that often shows up in our local waters , seems just about EVERY power plant leached it off into the lakes they were or still are on . some other things of concern as well on the 2 lakes beside the naval air stations too . I have heard mercury as well , but never saw anything that verified what some of those internet types posted up about it in our area .....