…And Now Problems With Farmed Salmon

<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/09/science/09SALM.html?ei=5007&amp;en=f967d08452247761&amp;ex=1388984400&amp;partner=USERLAND&amp;pagewanted=all&amp;position=">Farmed Salmon Have More Contaminants Than Wild Ones, Study Finds</a>: &ldquo;A new study of fillets from 700 salmon, wild and farmed, finds that the farmed fish consistently have more PCB&rsquo;s and other contaminants, but at levels far below the limits set by the federal government.



&ldquo;The study, the largest so far to look at contaminants in salmon, is being published today in the journal Science. It found more than a sevenfold difference in PCB levels, with farmed salmon having an average of 36.63 parts per billion and wild salmon having 4.75.



&ldquo;The authors advised people to limit their consumption of salmon. &lsquo;Although the risk/benefit computation is complicated,&rsquo; they wrote, &lsquo;consumption of farmed Atlantic salmon may pose risks that detract from the beneficial effects of fish consumption.&rsquo;



&ldquo;Dr. Barbara Knuth, a study author who is chairwoman of the department of natural resources at Cornell University, said, &lsquo;It indicates that the vast majority of farm-raised Atlantic salmon should be consumed at one meal or less per month.&rsquo;&rdquo;