In
its show “Risks on a Plate,” featured on the program “Exhibits,” the
second largest French public television channel, France 3, recently
revealed what it named as the shocking truth behind Norwegian fish
farming, where toxic amounts of pesticides are being fed to farmed
salmons to prevent sea lice, a practice that poses problems for both
marine and human health.
According to France 3, one Norwegian
salmon farmer revealed that the amount of pesticides fed to the fish was
so high that he would not consume the fish himself. Bruno Le Maire,
French Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fishing, said he was revolted
to know of this practice and soon after contacted his Norwegian
counterpart about the matter. Norwegian Minister of Fisheries and
Coastal Affairs, Lisbeth Berg-Hansen explained that the pesticides are
used only as a last resort, and that while they don’t seem to harm the
salmon, it is “alarming” that other species in the same environment were
affected.
Lice infestations, which have caused the perishing of
more and more farmed Norwegian salmon in recent years, have originated
primarily from the conditions of extreme crowding in feces-contaminated
contained areas off the coasts. In 2009 the Norwegian salmon industry
spent €60 million on anti-lice measures, with expectations that they
might spend double that in 2010. In addition, the Norwegian Food Safety
Authority noted that the lice have been rapidly spreading to wild salmon
as well.
We thank France 3 and agencies such as the Norwegian
Food Safety Authority for your concerned notification about this
hazardous aspect of fish consumption. May humanity find safety in the
organic plant-based diet with fish farms becoming history so that all
marine friends can roam in freedom and health across the seas.
During
a September 2009 videoconference in Peru, Supreme Master Ching Hai
commented on still other problems caused by fish production practices,
urging for a global solution to save not only human health but also the
planet.
Supreme Master Ching Hai :
In Chimbote, Peru, heavy pollution from 40 fishmeal manufacturers
causes documented human illness and increasing oceanic dead zones, with
the ground-up fish being fed to caged salmon, creating yet another
environmental imbalance and sickness to humans.
This killing of
other beings must be stopped for humanity to evolve as a civilization.
The benefits of doing so are manifold. Besides the restoration of
health, biodiversity will be allowed to thrive, planet equilibrium
restored, along with the easing of our own conscience and our capacity
for elevated consciousness. All these are the fruits of a more
compassionate diet.
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