Salmon farms contaminate wild fish: contaminants include PCBs, DDT and PBDEs: autism signif

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* 10 January 2011

Salmon farms may be contaminating local wild fish but how much

depends on the species, finds a new study that raises another

concern about the environmental impacts of salmon farming. The

contaminants, including PCBs, DDT and PBDEs, apparently come from

pellets fed the farmed fish. Wild fish eat pellets that escape

from the salmon pens. The results suggest that eating wild fish

that live near salmon farms may also be a concern for human

exposure to these contaminants.

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