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Seattle Post-IntelligencerYou may turn up your nose at farmed Atlantic salmon or shrimp raised in ponds in China if you're searching for wholesome, safe foods. But do you eschew fish pulled from a remote lake in a U.S. national park?
Maybe so if you're concerned about eating elevated levels of mercury and chemical flame retardants.
Some trout from secluded lakes in Olympic and Mount Rainier national parks were so polluted they reached unsafe levels for routine human consumption, according to a study out Tuesday.
"We're looking at some of the most pristine areas left in North America that are under the protection of the national parks, and we're finding some alarming results," said Dixon Landers, a senior scientist with the Environmental Protection Agency's National Health and Environmental Effects Laboratory.
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