"The tests found levels of arsenic, mercury and PCB (polychlorinated biphenyl) that exceed what the Environmental Protection Agency recommends for safe, unrestricted fish consumption.
One of the fish, a sucker from Columbia Slough, contained 27,000 percent more PCB than the level EPA says is safe to eat without health concerns."
"Test Reveal High Levels of Toxic Pollutants in Columbia River Fish." By Cassandra Profita. Ecotrope. October 18, 2012.
http://ecotrope.opb.org/2012/10/tests-reveal-high-levels-of-toxic-pollutants-in-local-fish/
Here's one website with contact information of our public servants in Washington, D.C.
http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml
"How to Contact Your Congress and President." By Stacy Johnson. MoneyTalksNews. July 26, 2011,
http://www.moneytalksnews.com/2011/07/26/how-to-contact-your-congress-and-president/
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