High DDT Levels Found Off SoCal Coast

[jpak]

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nat-gen/2007/jan/28/012805278.html

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Fish caught off Los Angeles County's coast still contain high levels of banned DDT decades after a manufacturer dumped tons of the pesticide into sewers, creating a toxic plume on the ocean bottom.

There has been no improvement since the last regional fish survey was conducted in the late 1980s, according to a federal survey based on data collected mainly in 2002 but only recently released.

Of 1,200 fish caught off the county coast, white croaker off San Pedro and the Palos Verdes Peninsula were the most highly contaminated. Fish off Orange County and areas north of the Redondo Beach Pier had low concentrations.

The data has prompted the state to reevaluate the risk of eating the locally caught fish. There already is a commercial fishing ban in the contamination area.

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[MountainLaurel]

1. No information there

About whether the manufacturer was ever punished.

[Dead_Parrot]

2. Depends how long ago "decades" is

If it was in the Reagan era, they probably got a fucking medal....

[fed-up]

3. "data collected mainly in 2002 but only recently released" WTF??? n/t

[kestrel91316]

4. This isn't even news. Everybody in SoCal with half a brain knows not

to eat anything caught from Malibu down to Newport. The DDT is still down there. I think they are just waiting for sediments to eventually bury it, which makes more sense than dredging it up?