Have you noticed the influx of farm-raised salmon in the supermarkets
in the last few years? At first it was just a lower priced
alternative. But it has gotten to the point now that some stores
don't even carry the wild salmon varieties anymore.

The Atlantic farm-raised salmon that is being sold today does not
taste as good as wild Chinook, and it is not as good for you. The
pen-raised fish don't have the high levels of heart healthy and tasty
oils that the wild Chinook have. Also the farm raised fish are
artificially colored with a pink die to make them look like a sea run
fish.

Now the testing of these farmed fish has shown they have a high level
of cancer causing PCB's. They have become just another one of the
foods at your store that contain cancer-causing substances (mostly
from preservatives). If the cancer rate weren't going through the
roof already, something would be funny! Who needs cigs?

It also has become another of the growing list of foods that have lost
their traditional flavor (tomatoes, strawberries, milk). I can
understand how people would rather pay $2.95/lb. for their fish rather
than $7.95/lb. But the your choice is gradually being lost, even if
you do have the extra bucks in your pocket.

Gresham's law states, "Bad money drives good money out of
circulation." In this case, it is the bad fish that are driving the
good fish out of the market place!

See:

http://healthletter.tufts.edu/issues...11/salmon.html

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