Why I'm gonna start eatin' fish outta Utah Lake

[catfish-logic]

Once I read this newspaper article it got me wondering.
I don't honestly believe that there is any serious threat from eating Utah Lake catfish; any more that store bought fish.

But I could be naive and gullible towards the newspaper article. But hey TubeDude is still alive ain't he?

Utah Lake will see me next year.

Here is the article.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,514...15,00.html
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[TubeDude]

"But hey TubeDude is still alive ain't he? "

[cool][#0000ff]There are some who might dispute that.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]As I have been trumpeting for years, THERE AIN'T NO EVIDENCE THAT PCBs (FROM UTAH LAKE FISH) ARE A HEALTH HAZARD. Many Utah families have utilized Utah Lake fish in their weekly diet for years...without ANY verifiable illness attributable to the water quality or chemical content of the fish.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Taking straight shots of PCB...or snorting a line once in awhile...would doubtless cause some problems. However, as the most recent analysis and results reveal, there ain't enough to worry about in our fishies. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Utah Lake has always had a bad rap, because it gets muddy when the wind blows. Folks equate that with the lake being grossly polluted. And, most folks who roll their eyes and moan when you talk about fishing in Utah Lake really do not know anything about it at all. They keep foaming at the mouth and muttering about "mercury", etc. Ain't none of that in Utah Lake, but plenty of it in some of the cleaner lakes...like Jordanelle.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Thanks for sharing the link.[/#0000ff]
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[MisterCompletely]

I agree. What we see so much of nowadays is that as we increase our ability to detect smaller and smaller concentrations of contaminants, the maximum allowed concentration of those contaminants tends to get lower and lower. The truth is, we don't know what level is "safe". The same is true for most of the carcinogins. We have the same situation with arsenic in drinking water. The EPA lowered the maximum contaminat level from 50 ppb to 10 ppb, putting a tremendous strain on very small water systems to reduce their arsenic levels, even though nobody anywhere has the slightest idea what level is "safe". Very few of the limits on various contaminants have any scientific basis, but rather are based on our ability to detect them or to remove them. I personally will choose to eat. []

To give you an idea of how small an amount 1 ppb is, it's the equivalent of 1 drop of impurity in 25,000 gallons of water, or a small swimming pool.
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[bassrods]

Hay now there TD lets not pick on Jordanelle now...[]But the bass and bigger browns are more of a health risk then Utah lake..[crazy]

That is why all bass and bigger browns should be C&R....
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