- BLOOMINGTON, Indiana (UPI)
-- U.S. researchers say farm-raised salmon contain higher levels of chemical
flame retardants commonly found in upholstery and plastics than do wild
salmon.
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- Ronald Hites of Indiana University and his colleagues
summarized their discoveries in the latest issue of the journal Environmental
Science and Technology, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Tuesday.
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- Hites analyzed 700 farmed and wild salmon samples from
wholesalers and supermarkets in Chicago and around the world and found
higher levels of polybrominated diphenyl ethers, or PBDEs, in the farmed
fish.
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- The findings are based on data from a much-publicized
study released in January that found higher levels of potentially cancer-causing
compounds called polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, in farmed vs. wild
salmon.
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- The significance of the findings are disputed.
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- Eric Rimm, a professor of epidemiology and nutrition
at the Harvard School of Public Health, pointed out PBDEs also are present
in other sources, including drinking water.
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- He cautioned consumers against thinking "taking
salmon out of your diet is going to rid yourself of PCBs and PBDEs."
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