[Eala]

Federal regulators and salmon-raising businesses, including California fish farms, said the study exaggerates the medical threat.

... the study, funded by the Pew Charitable Trust.

Don't know much about the "Pew Charitable Trust", but I seem to recall from the days when I still watched TV that they "advertised" much on the left-wing NPR. Absent further input, this makes me somewhat suspicious...

[toddst]

Absent further input, this makes me somewhat suspicious...

I don't believe this "warning" represents anything except the continuing war against farmed animals of all kinds. This bunch doesn't want us to eat farmed OR wild salmon.

[TaxRelief]

Here's the link to the study (there's no mention of UM):

http://www.pewtrusts.com/pdf/salmon_study.pdf

Of interesting note, is their own statement that

"Individual contaminant concentrations in
farmed and wild salmon do not exceed U.S.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) action
or tolerance levels for PCBs and dieldrin
(26). However, FDA action and tolerance
levels are not strictly health-based, do not
address the health risks of concurrent exposure
to more than one contaminant, and do
not provide guidance for acceptable levels of
toxaphene and dioxins in fish tissue (27–29)."

Footnotes:
26. U.S. FDA, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition,
Fish and Fisheries Products Hazards and Controls Guidance, ed. 3, chap. 9 (available at www.cfsan.fda.gov/~acrobat/haccpc09.pdf).
27. R. E. Reinert, B. A. Knuth, M. A. Kamrin, Q. J. Stober,
Fisheries 16, 5 (1991).
28. U.S. FDA, Fed. Regist. 49, 21514 (1984).

1991? 1984? Oh! Please.

The peer review of this study, undoubtedly, will be a tad scathing.

[Eva]

The Pew trust is another leftist controlled fund, much like the FORD Foundation.