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Mining Company: Those 2-Headed Fish No Big Deal

John Johnson — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:42:53 CST

If you reel in your fishing line in southern Idaho to find a two-headed trout staring back, it's ... no big deal? The New York Times explains: The JR Simplot Company wants the federal government to allow higher levels of the mining byproduct selenium to appear in local waterways. The company...

Test Finds Mercury in Every Fish

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:04:59 CDT

Catch a fish in one of America's streams, and there's a good chance it will have at least trace amounts of mercury. The most comprehensive survey to date from the US Geological Survey tested more than 1,000 fish from nearly 300 streams around the nation—and found mercury in...

Salmon Made to Bear Trout

Jonas Oransky — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:36:39 CDT

Cue the world’s most peculiar baby announcement: Masu salmon have produced rainbow trout offspring, with an assist from scientists that could lead to the preservation of rare fish species. Trout sperm stem cells had already been injected into salmon embryos to produce salmon with trout sperm; now the same early...

Polluted Fish Swamp Great Lakes

Dustin Lushing — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:23:41 CDT

Industrial chemicals contaminate many species of fish that populate the Great Lakes, making them too hazardous for safe human consumption, says a Canadian conservation group. "The lakes continue to be polluted to such an extent that human health is threatened," says a report released yesterday that lists industrial pollutants such...