Volz says he and his fellow researchers are launching a broader survey this summer that will entail sampling fish all along the Allegheny River. Efforts will be made to determine if it is industrial waste, sewage or agricultural runoff—or all three—that is responsible for the problem. In the meantime, cooking the fat out of fish may be the best defense. "If you broil fish and let the fats drip out that will take most of the contaminants out," Volz says, though that may not be enough given other exposures to potentially tainted water. "What our study does show us is that there is exposure potential to vast populations that use water from our rivers as their drinking water supply."
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Add CommentIf this article is based on fact and solid research, then its conclusion is alarming and it ought to be widely publicized so the public would determine how to protect themselves. wppm.org
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisLet me see? You do an article about fracking fluid, from Marcellus Shale gas drilling, destroying industrial equipment (and several rivers) here. some of your readership seems to believe Halliburton and the PA DER that this brew of solvents, salts, lubricants, heavy metals (including leeched Radium), bio-poisons, etc. is 'harmless salt, remedied by dilution.' And now there are problems with the bottom feeders? Which bottom feeders I wonder are benefiting I wonder, from the lack of media involvement?
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisThis is an extremely important article. It is verified by this BBC article:
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thishttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1877162.stm
The government should classify estrogenic compounds as pollutants to be regulated by the EPA, before they wipe out all life on earth in one generation.