Forever Chemicals in Freshwater Fish

[SuperDave336]

Anybody seen this on forever chemicals in freshwater fish? Been in the news today different media sources.

Study suggests US freshwater fish highly contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’ | The Hill

[MCG1]

Saw it. Guess less successful fishermen like me that eat our catch have something going for us after all!

[DockShootinJack]

Interesting read. Have to see how it shakes out

[GreenLine]

And cow farts are going to destroy the planet…



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[Bricks]

As they say suggest and how times have changed years ago the best they could test was parts per thousand now parts per million +. So more is going to show up when they start looking at these minute parts. We don`t know how much has always been there as the testing is getting more and more finite.

[BabyFinster]

I know that some people make light of these articles sometimes but it is a real problem. I’m in the groundwater and water industry. PFAS is a serious problem in United States because there is no way to get rid of these chemical compounds out of drinking water other than filtration. The filters can remove the PFAS but then you have to dispose of the PFAS and there’s nowhere that you can dispose of it in a safe manner excepting waste drums. The problem has been manifesting itself even in drilling water wells now, and having a contamination several hundred feet down in aquifers, making some water undrinkable, unusable for agriculture processes, or watering livestock. In closing, these chemicals are forever chemicals, because there is no known scientific process to break the compounds down into biodegradable, or organically soluble compounds that can be disposed of properly. Proper care of our waterways is very important to the human civilization and the world.


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[Alphahawk]

I don’t make light of those articles. In TN TWRA has for many years put out fish contaminate warnings for each body of water…if there are problems in it…and which specie are affected. I took them at their word. Growing up in Mid TN the area was full of chemical plants. For many years they dumped into our waters. Some of them will never be clean again and some have come a long way to getting clean. As a matter of fact from West to East TN chemical pollution has been a problem for decades. A few lakes were lucky enough to not have any industry near them. But as the saying goes “We all live down stream”.

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[keeferfish]

I would bet not near as bad as the chemicals you eat everyday!!!

[Gone Fishin']

I'll continue to eat crappie. Everybody has to die of something. Might as well make something good.

[Hanr3]

You all must be younger. I remember ending up in the hospital after swimming in a river behind my Aunts house in Wisconsin, the Wisconsin River. River was polluted with chemicals dumped by factories. Clean Water Act later and every state has a Department of Natural Resources to monitor pollutants in our waters. Illinois includes safe eating limits as part of their Fishing Regulations.