Re: Fish & Mercury

[Guest guest]

I do know that there was just an article about this past summer stating

that pretty much all lake, rivers, oceans etc. were contaminated. Do a

check on the web because there was a website that listed contamination.

Do you know where in Nebraska it was? There is a lot of farming out

west and I'm sure you would be concerned with pesticides and herbicides

also. Maybe the extension office would know.

M

[ ] Fish & Mercury

I have a question about fish and mercury content. We have a lake that

has been stocked with fish. The fish were gotten from a fish farm and

were raised in Nebraska. Our lake is very clean as the use of the

lake is restricted to just family & friends. Boats with motors/jet

skis aren't allowed in there so they don't pollute the water with

oil.

Is mercury content in fish just a concern with fish from the ocean? I

don't want to take any chances with putting mercury back in my body by

eating fish. However, I would like to know if Nebraska raised fish

still have mercury in them. Anybody have any thoughts on this?

Carolyn

[Guest guest]

-Probabyly.

Not to mention that your lake may have some mercury from rain fall.

Probably much lower than any ocean, but some mercury is in the

enviornment via coal fired power plants and crematoriams. This comes

down in rain. The fish were farm raised? I have read that this is

not much better as those fish are fed unnatural diets and contain

many chemicals. As far as the government lists the warning is that

ALL fish are a problem even lake fish. I guess the only real way to

know would be to have one of them tested.

, " carolynw4 " <carolynw4@...> wrote:

>

> I have a question about fish and mercury content. We have a lake

that

> has been stocked with fish. The fish were gotten from a fish farm

and

> were raised in Nebraska. Our lake is very clean as the use of the

> lake is restricted to just family & friends. Boats with

motors/jet

> skis aren't allowed in there so they don't pollute the water with

> oil.

>

> Is mercury content in fish just a concern with fish from the

ocean? I

> don't want to take any chances with putting mercury back in my

body by

> eating fish. However, I would like to know if Nebraska raised

fish

> still have mercury in them. Anybody have any thoughts on this?

>

> Carolyn

>

[Guest guest]

I live in Nebraska and I wouldn't eat the fish. Do you know what

part of the state they were raised in. The majority of the state is

Agricultural and most farmers use LOTS of pesticides. My thought

would be that the water from irrigation and rain would pretty much

pollute most bodies of water. Just my thoughts!

>

> I have a question about fish and mercury content. We have a lake

that

> has been stocked with fish. The fish were gotten from a fish farm

and

> were raised in Nebraska. Our lake is very clean as the use of the

> lake is restricted to just family & friends. Boats with

motors/jet

> skis aren't allowed in there so they don't pollute the water with

> oil.

>

> Is mercury content in fish just a concern with fish from the

ocean? I

> don't want to take any chances with putting mercury back in my

body by

> eating fish. However, I would like to know if Nebraska raised

fish

> still have mercury in them. Anybody have any thoughts on this?

>

> Carolyn

>

[Guest guest]

The fish were rasied in Southwest Nebraska. No one has sprayed our

fields around the lake so unless fields that are further away have

been sprayed and the pesticides drifted then I wouldn't think

pesticides would be a problem. The fish are fed commercial food. I

think it's probably better to not take any chances.

Carolyn

>

> I live in Nebraska and I wouldn't eat the fish. Do you know what

> part of the state they were raised in. The majority of the state is

> Agricultural and most farmers use LOTS of pesticides. My thought

> would be that the water from irrigation and rain would pretty much

> pollute most bodies of water. Just my thoughts!

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

The terrible truth is that mercury is throughout the ecosystem. It's in

groundwater, fog, rain; so everywhere.

carolynw4 <carolynw4@...> wrote:

I have a question about fish and mercury content. We have a lake that

has been stocked with fish. The fish were gotten from a fish farm and

were raised in Nebraska. Our lake is very clean as the use of the

lake is restricted to just family & friends. Boats with motors/jet

skis aren't allowed in there so they don't pollute the water with

oil.

Is mercury content in fish just a concern with fish from the ocean? I

don't want to take any chances with putting mercury back in my body by

eating fish. However, I would like to know if Nebraska raised fish

still have mercury in them. Anybody have any thoughts on this?

Carolyn

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