Monday, August 15, 2005

No escape? Wild salmon severely polluted

They found out by examining the systems of a dozen legally hunted bears that the pollutants in the bodies of those who ate spawning salmon were "profoundly" different than those who ate mostly berries, nuts and insects. The salmon-eating bears showed up with "90 percent of the PCBs researchers found, 70 percent of the pesticides and 85 percent of the less-brominated flame retardants."

The concepts of responsible coporate practices and ethics in business take on new and deeper meanings when we realize how much smaller the planet grows every day--evidence indicates most of the pollution in these salmon came from Asia. Read more about PCBs here.

And I don't think I need to give a reference to prove how much we don't want pesticides and flame retardants in our bears, our salmon, or our fellow human beings.

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