Wild caviar makes me sick!

August 20, 2008 · Print This Article

It is known under experts, that caviar coming from the Caspian Sea might contain DDT and/or PCP, which might be dangerous for human health.  And in some sturgeon stomachs they even found paper and cellophane packages! Here’s an extract of the article (follow link for hole article):

Due to a lack of food and pollution, only 4% of the beluga caught in the 2002 trawl surveys of Northern Caspian feeding grounds had full stomachs; in general, stomach contents consisted of algae, paper and cellophane packages. A recent study of organochlorine (PCB’s, DDT, etc.) contaminant levels in Caspian Sea sturgeons found high levels in all species, with levels in beluga the highest. Effects of this contamination on beluga reproduction and human consumption have yet to be assessed.
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