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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: FlyNut on August 03, 2004, 05:17:28 PM

Title: Fish and Mercury?
Post by: FlyNut on August 03, 2004, 05:17:28 PM
"Seventy-six percent of the fish samples [from lakes and reservoirs] exceeded EPA's mercury exposure limit for children of average weight under the age of three, the report said. And 55 percent contained mercury that exceeded the limit for women of average weight, it said. The report assumed that people in both groups ate fish twice a week. "

URL here (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=753&e=1&u=/ap/20040804/ap_on_sc/fish_mercury)