And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: From: "Fish Unlimited" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Health officials urge limit on bluefish, striped bass consumption HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) People who eat bluefish and striped bass from Long Island Sound should cut their consumption to just six fish a year in light of new studies on the dangers of industrial pollutants, state health officials say. The recommended 75 percent drop in consumption the first since the state began issuing advisories on the two types of fish in 1988 is based on new data about the long-term impact of PCBs, the state Department of Public Health said. In the past, health officials recommended people eat no more than two bluefish or striped bass each month. Officials did not change the recommendation that pregnant women or young children eat no bluefish or striped bass from the Sound. Dr. Gary Ginsberg, a health department toxicologist, said Monday the restriction is due to ''a better understanding of PCB health risks,'' not a change in the level of the pollutant in the Sound which has been cleansing itself of the chemical. PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, were used as cooling agents in electrical transformers for several decades until the 1970s, when they were linked to cancer and liver damage. They have been banned for more than a decade. But a study of children born 10 years ago to women in the Great Lakes states and in the Netherlands who regularly ate fish from contaminated waters found the diet impaired the children's neurological systems and damaged motor functions. As a result, state health officials cut the acceptable level of PCB in the fish from 2 parts to 0.1 parts per million. Fish Unlimited- The Global Leader in Fisheries Conservation Box 1073 Shelter Island Hgts., NY 11965 516.749.3474-phone 516.749.3476-fax http://www.fishunlimited.org Reprinted under the fair use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
