Is it safe to eat? Bangladesh fish exposed to hormones, antibiotics and toxic waste

Is it safe to eat? Bangladesh fish exposed to hormones, antibiotics and toxic waste

Source: mongabay

3/21/2023

Credit: M. Yousuf Tushar / WorldFish via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Bangladesh has recently achieved remarkable success in freshwater fish production, with more than 1.25 million metric tons of freshwater fish produced in 2020.
The use of antibiotics in fish culture and hormones in artificial fish breeding bring into question the safety of Bangladesh’s food supply, as exposure to high levels of these substances can harm human and environmental health.

Research shows that 88% of fish farmers do not have proper knowledge of antibiotics use, and 81% are unaware of effective chemical dosages in fish farming.
In addition, toxic industrial wastes containing heavy metals released into the aquatic environment may enter the food chain through biomagnification and may cause various health problems in humans.

Continue...

News Id		Source	Stamp	country
1076	Atlantic Fish Co secures fresh funding	thefishsite	2023-12-28	US
1077	Police investigating beloved blue gropers alleged death by spearfisher	9news	2024-01-01	AU
1078	Ice fishing village is all wet as thaw delays beloved winter tradition in Ste-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Que	CBC News	2023-12-31	CA
1079	Feds must fix unfair West Coast fishing rules	Canada’s National Observer	2024-01-03	CA
1080	Sheet of ice drifts out into lake near Canada carrying 100 fishers	USA TODAY	2023-12-30	US
1081	DNR plans changes to protect native rough fish	echopress	2024-01-02	US
1082	122 anglers rescued from detached ice chunk on Upper Red Lake	echopress	2023-12-29	US
1083	New study finds high mercury levels in Snake River smallmouth bass in Idaho	Northwest News Network	2023-12-11	US
1084	Mass strandings of rare fish baffle Orkney residents	BBC Radio Orkney	2023-12-12	US
1085	What is this unusual fish washed up on the shore?	irishtimes	2023-12-16	IR
1086	No fish is worth your life DNR warns ahead of ice fishing	wbay	2023-12-11	US
1087	Electronic implant lets select farmed salmon serve as sentinel fish	Norwegian SciTech News	2023-12-11	NO
1088	Unusual haul of fish illegally caught in Georgia given to family in need	macon	2023-12-11	US
1089	Bob Brown Foundation claims thousands of salmon have died in Tassal pens	abc	2023-12-14	AU
1090	Fears spillway net removal could kill off trophy-sized barramundi	ABC Far North	2023-12-15	AU
1091	Florida man goes fishing in Bass Pro Shops pond	Fox News	2023-12-22	US
1092	Там, где ловятся щуки	ohotniki	2023-12-23	RU
1093	A father and his 6-year-old daughter were fishing on Lake Michigan	cnn	2023-12-16	CA
1094	2,640 pounds of illegally caught fish found on boats off South Texas coast	ksat	2023-12-11	US
1095	Big money industry crippling salmon population in Alaska, natives say	abc7chicago	2023-12-10	US
1096	Salmon Escaping Farms Are Wreaking Havoc on Wild Fish	newsweek	2023-12-11	UK
1097	The decline of Pacific salmon is death by a thousand cuts	kgw	2023-12-13	US
1098	Fairfax County relocates fish, eels affected by government center pond dredging	ffxnow	2023-12-13	US
1099	RCMP finds missing family of 3 dead in Lac Ste. Anne County	CBC News	2023-12-26	CA
1100	Get Stealthy to Catch Giant Seatrout	sportfishingmag	2023-10-25	US