Reply #17: That scares the hell out of me

[DFW]

As one with heart problems, my diet is supposed to contain a lot of fish. Indeed, ever since my
near-miss, it does. Living in Europe most of the year, most of the fish I consume comes from the
North Atlantic, mostly around Iceland. In the summer, I try to spend at least a few weeks in
New England, whose fish is obviously caught locally.

I hope the oil doesn't get that far north, but I'll always have in the back of my mind that I'm
buying from someone who may have the choice of selling slightly tainted fish or losing his way
of making a living altogether (see Ibsen's "Enemy of the People"). One can always label fish as
having come from the Pacific or the Indian Ocean, but how do you know? I don't have the chemical
equivalent of a Geiger counter to instantly test every bit of fish for traces of hydrocarbons.