Decline of catfish farming
Mark Thorson wrote:
> "Jean B." wrote:
>> Here's the solution to all of this. Those who don't care may
>> continue to eat farm-raised fish, and those of us who do care will
>> not eat it.... Other than environmental ramifications,
>> cross-breeding, escapes, etc., that seems appropriate....
>
> Just don't pretend the facts are other than they are.
> I post links to two articles from reliable sources.
> When I was asked for numbers, I posted the abstract
> of a scientific paper that had numbers. When I was
> asked for a direct comparison between farmed and wild,
> I posted an abstract for two scientific papers that
> compared farmed and wild.
>
> Some people just will not change their beliefs,
> no matter how large a body of scientific data is
> presented. Farmed (even organically farmed) salmon
> are much more contaminated than wild-caught.
> Go ahead and eat the farmed salmon, just don't
> pretend that there's no difference. There's a huge
> difference, and it is significant. The levels of
> contamination are high.
*I* am not disputing that.... AYR, I avoid farm-raised fish....
I think it's wise to do so. But if people think it's fine, then
they can feel free to eat it....
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Jean B.
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