Salmon Concerns

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This paper discusses the social concerns with regard to salmon farms and how this industry is affecting peoples' health and the environment. The paper describes how studies have shown that the high levels of PCB's, hormones and dyes have contributed to increased cancer rates, birth defects and other illnesses. The paper discusses however, how the Canadian government and farmed salmon companies claim that this research is "junk science" and skewed.

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"The use of open net-cages for fish farming was first established in the 1960's in Norway and has lead to expansion in foreign markets including Scotland, United States, Chile, and Canada (Open-Net-cage para. 2005). Fish farms are popping up all over the world and are dominated primarily by multinational corporations. Net-cage fish farming has become a contentious issue and has raised a number of social and environmental concerns including how man-manipulated species of fish are affecting peoples' health, attributing to pollution and increased cross-pollination with wild fish species."

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