Report: Serious Health Risks from Eating Imported Catfish

imported catfish toxins

What do you know about the fish you eat?

I don’t keep up with fish news that much, since I don’t eat fish, myself, but an issue I am increasingly hearing about is that fish pumped with too many antibiotics and other drugs are causing real health problems for the humans who eat them.

The newest report out on this topic, by Exponent Inc.’s Center for Chemical Regulation and Food Safety, discusses “new alarms” regarding “the potential long-term consumer health risks of imported catfish grown in contaminated water and treated with drugs banned for use in U.S. fish-farming.”

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