I was planning to take a trip up to caddo lake, and was doing some research of mercury warning levels in Louisiana, and came cross this:

 

 

59 minutes ago, CrashVector said:

I was planning to take a trip up to caddo lake, and was doing some research of mercury warning levels in Louisiana, and came cross this:

 

 

 

Warnings like this have been on the Great lakes predators for most of my life.  It's a shame/disgraceful that companies have been so shortsighted or outright negligent in their contamination policies and actions.  Also, if you see this for any body of water, know the prey fish, bream, perch, crappie, etc are the source even if they don't show up on the warning because their biomass doesn't meet the concentration requirements.

 

scott

1 hour ago, softwateronly said:

 

Warnings like this have been on the Great lakes predators for most of my life.  It's a shame/disgraceful that companies have been so shortsighted or outright negligent in their contamination policies and actions.  Also, if you see this for any body of water, know the prey fish, bream, perch, crappie, etc are the source even if they don't show up on the warning because their biomass doesn't meet the concentration requirements.

 

scott

 

The real shame is that the government allows companies to pollute a certain amount.  The problem is when 5,000 companies are all polluting the amount the government says is "okay", it adds up and ends up ruining waterways.

Did any of y'all read the entire research?

 

On Toledo Bend one would have to eat like 3# of filets a month to ingest any noticeable amounts of mercury.

 

Not a 3 pound bass but 3 pounds of filleted bass per month!

9 hours ago, CrashVector said:

I was planning to take a trip up to caddo lake, and was doing some research of mercury warning levels in Louisiana, and came cross this:

 

 

All fresh water in the US (and elsewhere) have elevated mercury levels, even the remote pristine looking ones. It comes from the rain, so there is no escaping it. As long as you aren't feeding fish to small children or pregnant women on a regular basis, there should be no issue. PCBs, and other such pollutants are more of a problem in estuaries and the ocean. 

49 minutes ago, Deleted account said:

All fresh water in the US (and elsewhere) have elevated mercury levels, even the remote pristine looking ones. It comes from the rain, so there is no escaping it. As long as you aren't feeding fish to small children or pregnant women on a regular basis, there should be no issue. PCBs, and other such pollutants are more of a problem in estuaries and the ocean. 

 

Interesting, I always thought mercury was leeched from the ground and the groundwater was contaminated in runoff.  I know pre scrubbers, mercury was more airborne in power plants, but then again there's a whole world out there burning things.

 

scott

2 minutes ago, softwateronly said:

 

Interesting, I always thought mercury was leeched from the ground and the groundwater was contaminated in runoff.  I know pre scrubbers, mercury was more airborne in power plants, but then again there's a whole world out there burning things.

 

scott

Yes, that happens too, exacerbated by the lowered ph in rain water.

On 3/26/2022 at 4:07 AM, Catt said:

Did any of y'all read the entire research?

 

Well did y'all?

 

Did y'all even look at the date of when the research was conducted?

 

Go read the list of allowable contaminants in your bottled water. 

 

Dasani water is 'purified' tap water

Dasani is made from purified water by using "reverse osmosis filtration" — technically, that's tap water. Any bottled water made with reverse osmosis filtration comes from "municipal" sources, which means the tap, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).Apr 7, 2020

Yes, I read the reports.

On 3/27/2022 at 5:56 AM, Catt said:

 

Well did y'all?

 

Did y'all even look at the date of when the research was conducted?

 

Go read the list of allowable contaminants in your bottled water. 

 

Dasani water is 'purified' tap water

Dasani is made from purified water by using "reverse osmosis filtration" — technically, that's tap water. Any bottled water made with reverse osmosis filtration comes from "municipal" sources, which means the tap, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).Apr 7, 2020

Your point? reverse osmosis removes almost everything from water, kinda like a filter with a mesh size the size of a water molecule, so yeah, it's a good thing...

46 minutes ago, Deleted account said:

Your point?

 

46 minutes ago, Deleted account said:

Any bottled water made with reverse osmosis filtration comes from "municipal" sources, which means the tap

 

Dasani use the same water you get out of your kitchen faucet & use a sales campaign to convince you how great it is.

 

The whole idea of bottle water is "tap" ain't safe to consume.

 

 

4 hours ago, Catt said:

 

 

Dasani use the same water you get out of your kitchen faucet & use a sales campaign to convince you how great it is.

 

The whole idea of bottle water is "tap" ain't safe to consume.

 

 

I'm not sure what part of purified you are having trouble with, all water comes from the same place if you trace it all the way back, no?

55 minutes ago, Deleted account said:

I'm not sure what part of purified you are having trouble with, all water comes from the same place if you trace it all the way back, no?

 

I'm not sure what part of read what's allowable in your "purified" water you're not comprehending.

 

If has government regulations on it, it has allowable contaminates. In the case of mercury in Toledo Bend's fish one would have to consume a abnormal amount to reach the bottom percentage ratio allowed.