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lukin2006

polaris_x wrote:

Go Beavers wrote:

The recommendation is that you should only eat one fish per month out of the Great Lakes because of the mercury. I one up it and make it zero per month.

fuck ... is that true!?? ... i like my lake huron whitefish and ontario rainbow trout ... :(

I have heard that before, don't know how true it is.

polaris_x

lukin2006 wrote:

I have heard that before, don't know how true it is.

damm ... although when i think about it ... i don't eat that much of it ... here's hoping that smoking the fish somehow lowers the mercury content ... :?

lukin2006

brianlux wrote:

Seems to me I'd once heard that some of the Great Lakes nearly died. It's a shame we're not doing more to clean them up rather than further pollute them. Do we have to wait 'till they burn like the Cuyahoga?

Possibly...the problem is far to many people believe the government have their best interest at heart...I long ago have given up believing the government is looking out for us. As I see it.

People can change though...I have, I didn't necessarily believe in the cause of climate change was people until I started reading the links that polaris and others posted and also used common sense...7 billion people on the planet with many using resource's recklessly is having an impact...no doubt in my mind.

lukin2006

polaris_x wrote:

lukin2006 wrote:

I have heard that before, don't know how true it is.

damm ... although when i think about it ... i don't eat that much of it ... here's hoping that smoking the fish somehow lowers the mercury content ... :?

I don't eat much fish myself...mostly halibut if I do. I beginning to wonder about meat period...however I usually don't eat meat more than once a week.

I wonder if their is organic fish? people who raise fish in a controlled environment? I don't even know if that is legal in Canada? Might be worth looking into?

polaris_x

lukin2006 wrote:

I don't eat much fish myself...mostly halibut if I do. I beginning to wonder about meat period...however I usually don't eat meat more than once a week.

I wonder if their is organic fish? people who raise fish in a controlled environment? I don't even know if that is legal in Canada? Might be worth looking into?

yeah ... there are tons of fish farms ... mostly talapia and trout ...

with fish you have to concern yourself with toxins and sustainability ... strictly on the health bit - i think the general rule is the bigger the fish, the less you can eat of it ... halibut being a huge fish would have a high concentration of mercury ...

lukin2006

polaris_x wrote:

lukin2006 wrote:

I don't eat much fish myself...mostly halibut if I do. I beginning to wonder about meat period...however I usually don't eat meat more than once a week.

I wonder if their is organic fish? people who raise fish in a controlled environment? I don't even know if that is legal in Canada? Might be worth looking into?

yeah ... there are tons of fish farms ... mostly talapia and trout ...

with fish you have to concern yourself with toxins and sustainability ... strictly on the health bit - i think the general rule is the bigger the fish, the less you can eat of it ... halibut being a huge fish would have a high concentration of mercury ...

See I didn't know that...fortunately I don't eat a lot of fish.

polaris_x

lukin2006 wrote:

See I didn't know that...fortunately I don't eat a lot of fish.

i eat a lot of fish relative to most people i suppose ... if i had to kill my own food - i'd have no problems eating off the water ... it's hard tho - thankfully, there's an app on my phone that i can use to see which fish i should eat ... haha

Go Beavers

brianlux wrote:

Seems to me I'd once heard that some of the Great Lakes nearly died. It's a shame we're not doing more to clean them up rather than further pollute them. Do we have to wait 'till they burn like the Cuyahoga?

In some ways the lakes are better than they were 40 or 50 years ago. You probably can't light the Cuyahoga on fire these days. My dad has a good story of swimming in Lake Erie in the late 40's and coming up out of the water with a big turd in his hands.

As far as fish go, it can depend on the lake and what kind of fish it is. PCBs and dioxins are decreasing over time. Here's a link to an article (I guess I'll have to stop eating carp):

http://greatlakesecho.org/2009/07/17/great-lakes-fish-consumption-advisories-rise-slightly-researchers-question-extent-of-mercury-risk/

cincybearcat

Go Beavers wrote:

My dad has a good story of swimming in Lake Erie in the late 40's and coming up out of the water with a big turd in his hands.

That was probably just a piece of Cleveland.

Jason P

cincybearcat wrote:

Go Beavers wrote:

My dad has a good story of swimming in Lake Erie in the late 40's and coming up out of the water with a big turd in his hands.

That was probably just a piece of Cleveland.

I guess that suits a city whose motto is "Hey, At Least We're Not Detroit!"

catefrances

Go Beavers wrote:

My dad has a good story of swimming in Lake Erie in the late 40's and coming up out of the water with a big turd in his hands.

classic deflection.

ONCE DEVIDED

markin ball wrote:

Its bad whatever year it is but this article is from 2007.

that just makes it so much worse
if this article is from 2007 thats 6 years
instead of 6 x 1.3 = 7.8 grams
we have 6 x 3 = 18 pounds

18 pound of mercury

bp profits have been making billions in profits. why cant they pay to remove their waste instead of dumping it into waterways
fucking joke

chadwick

stardust1976 wrote:

BP suck. Making good fuel does not give them a free pass to wreck the environment. Our home is worth more than any car.

thank you. bp will burn in hell and take many w/ them. they will not be taking me to where they are going.

why dump mercury into our fucking lake? which will run into all waterways down the way. right now i am so pissed.

chadwick

lukin2006 wrote:

BP gets OK to dump mercury into Lake Michigan

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industrie ... cury_N.htm

how does a fucker get the ok to dump mercury or any other heavy metal or poison or radioactive urine into our waterways? why would anyone want to dump pollution into water? again here bp is destroying something sacred. my heart aches because of these fuckers.

i hope and pray bp dies