Will you continue to eat at local fish fries?
CLEVELAND, Ohio -Fish fry season is in full swing here in Cleveland when thousands enjoy perch or walleye dinners every Friday during lent. But there’s an alarming new study that suggests just one serving of freshwater fish a year could have potentially dangerous effects.recent study released by the Environmental Working Group
The EWG’s researchers found forever chemicals in freshwater fish in places like Lake Erie and the Rocky River were 280 times greater than those detected in some commercially caught fish., averages about 50 plus charters a year out on Lake ELrie. PFAS wind up in our lakes and rivers from industrial polluters, and they never go away. Exposure has been linked to suppression of the immune system, reduced vaccine efficacy, an increased risk of certain cancers, increased cholesterol, reproductive and developmental problems.doesn’t currently have recommendations made specifically for PFAS in fish. But the Ohio Department of Health issues their own advisories.
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