State Warns: Don't Eat Squirrel Near Toxic Dump (Thanks to Ford plant ....)

[The Straight Story]

State Warns: Don't Eat Squirrel Near Toxic Dump


TRENTON, N.J. -- New Jersey has warned squirrel hunters near a toxic waste dump about consuming the critters because they could be contaminated with lead.

It is the first time the state has cautioned Ringwood residents -- many who are members of the Ramapough Mountain Indian tribe who hunt and fish in the area -- about their squirrel intake, said Tom Slater, a spokesman for the Department of Health and Senior Services.

A lead-contaminated squirrel was found in the area two months ago, prompting the agency, along with the state Department of Environmental Protection, to send out letters advising that adults eat squirrel no more than twice a week and even less for children and pregnant women.
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"We've known for a long time something was wrong here, we just didn't know what it was," resident Myrtle Van Dunk said.

Residents and many environmental activists believe the lead comes from toxic waste, including paint sludge, dumped in the area by the Ford Motor Co. during the 1960s and early 1970s, from its now-closed car manufacturing plant in Mahwah.

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[tularetom]

1. Why does this remind me of Cletus the slack jawed yokel?

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

2. Well, that would explain some of the crazy shit about the Jackson Whites.

They've been eating contaminated squirrel.

[uppityperson]

3. That is nice they are warning about the dump effects.

We're not supposed to catch and eat much fish in lower Puget Sound anymore.

[Clark2008]

4. How 'bout, "Don't eat squirrel. Period."

It's a rodent.

Yick.

[musette_sf]

5. i have (ex) in-laws

who hunted and ate squirrel. my opinion is, if it was so damn good, it would be in the Safeway meat case next to the chicken.

[Redneck Socialist]

6. It is not a localized event

In my state they recommend not to eat deer liver because of heavy metal contamination. They recommend limiting your consumption of fish because of mercury contamination and oh yeah, the loons are dying from lead poisoning.

Ain't that all just cheery as shit. We're poisoning the fuck out of ourselves.

PS speaking of fucking, the fish in the potomac river have been developing both male and female reproductive organs.

On Edit: shit, meant to respond to the OP, sorry.