Global Assessment of Organic Contaminants in Farmed Salmon
Communities for a Better Environment · Cornell University · +4 more institutions
Abstract
The annual global production of farmed salmon has increased by a factor of 40 during the past two decades. Salmon from farms in northern Europe, North America, and Chile are now available widely year-round at relatively low prices. Salmon farms have been criticized for their ecological effects, but the potential human health risks of farmed salmon consumption have not been examined rigorously. Having analyzed over 2 metric tons of farmed and wild salmon from around the world for organochlorine contaminants, we show that concentrations of these contaminants are significantly higher in farmed salmon than in wild. European-raised salmon have significantly greater contaminant loads than those raised in North and…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 80.15
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 18
Authors
6- RARonald A. HitesCorresponding
Communities for a Better Environment, Cornell University, University at Albany, State University of New York, Indiana University Bloomington, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, AXYS Technologies (Canada)
- JAJeffery A. Foran
Communities for a Better Environment, Cornell University, University at Albany, State University of New York, Indiana University Bloomington, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, AXYS Technologies (Canada)
- DODavid O. Carpenter
Communities for a Better Environment, Cornell University, University at Albany, State University of New York, Indiana University Bloomington, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, AXYS Technologies (Canada)
- MCM. Coreen Hamilton
Communities for a Better Environment, Cornell University, University at Albany, State University of New York, Indiana University Bloomington, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, AXYS Technologies (Canada)
- BABarbara A. Knuth
Communities for a Better Environment, Cornell University, University at Albany, State University of New York, Indiana University Bloomington, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, AXYS Technologies (Canada)
Topics & keywords
- Fishery
- Fish farming
- Contamination
- Aquaculture
- Human health
- Fish <Actinopterygii>
- Consumption (sociology)
- Environmental science