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Yet Another True Story About Stupid Studies:

Thursday, August 12, 2004


Great! Now we don't have to worry about burning the fish...

Health News Article | Reuters.com: "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Farmed salmon, already found to carry higher levels than wild salmon of chemicals such as PCBs, may also contain higher levels of flame retardants, environmental researchers said on Wednesday.


However, some wild salmon also carry high levels of the chemicals in their flesh and some wild Chinook have the highest levels of all, the team at Indiana University reported.


Writing in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, the researchers said they tested salmon meat for polybrominated diphenyl ethers or PBDEs, which are used widely as flame-retardant additives in electronics and furniture."

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