[laurav]

Last year, a Pew Oceans commission (led by Leon Panetta) called for a moratorium on fish farming. Now they are funding a study hinting at the same thing. Hmmm... What this story says to me is that the FDA and the EPA don't communicate -- we have two different levels of what are considered acceptable toxins? Furthermore, a slightly raised risk of cancer is nothing compared to the risk of heart disease/obesity that our burger-and-fry diet seems to be producting. Fish is good for you. Breathing probably gives you cancer.

[expatpat]

Breathing probably gives you cancer.

Life is a fatal disease!

[mac_truck]

we have two different levels of what are considered acceptable toxins?

My understanding is that the FDA guidelines are older and also take into acccount the impact on business as well as humans, while the 1999 EPA study only looked at human health issues.