Health Concerns

http://www.fishinghurts.com/healthConcerns-FoodPoisoning.asp
Food Poisoning: Catch of the Day
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are
about 75 million cases of foodborne illness every year, including
hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations and thousands of deaths. And
seafood is the number one cause of food poisoning in the United
States.58 Symptoms of seafood poisoning include mild to extreme
discomfort, nervous system damage, and even death.59

“[T]he seafood industry has a very poor record of compliance and
there is no government testing to monitor pathogens often associated
with seafood poisoning. FDAÂ’s seafood-safety system is an industry
honor system unworthy of public support.”
—Caroline Smith DeWaal, food safety director for the Center for
Science in the Public Interest62

Seafood poisoning is caused by eating foods contaminated with viruses
or bacteria including salmonella, listeria, and E. coli. When Consumer
Reports looked at bacteria levels in fresh fish bought at supermarkets
around the country, they found that between 3 and 8 percent of the
samples tested had “unacceptable” levels of E. coli, a bacterium that
comes from human or animal feces, that pollutes some waterways.60

“Seafood is a major cause of food poisoning, sickening more than
100,000 and causing dozens of preventable deaths each year.”63
—Caroline Smith DeWaal, Center for Science in the Public Interest food
safety director

Many people may have had food poisoning without even knowing it,
mistakenly attributing it to a case of “stomach flu.” Like the flu,
people infected with bacteria from tainted marine animals often suffer
from vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. If left untreated, this
food poisoning can lead to death.61 Children, the elderly, pregnant
women, and people with impaired immune systems are particularly
vulnerable. Since fish flesh is a major cause of food poisoning, those
who consume fish flesh risk unnecessary illness with every bite they
take.

The academic journal Environmental Microbiology published an alarming
report in July 2006 about the human-health threat caused by the
massive amounts of antibiotics that are fed to fish on fish farms.
These drugs are used to keep the animals alive in filthy, crowded
conditions that would otherwise kill them. But scientists are very
concerned that the overuse of these drugs will cause
antibiotic-resistant bacteria to multiply in the fish and that people
who eat the infected fish flesh will contract dangerous illnesses that
cannot be cured by drugs. “If we don't curb the heavy use of
prophylactic antibiotics in aquaculture, then we will ultimately see
more and more antibiotic-resistant pathogens emerging, causing
increased disease to fish, animals, and humans alike,” said Dr. Felipe
Cabello, the author of the study.64

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58Cable News Network.
59eMedicine.
60Consumer Reports, “America’s Fish: Fair or Foul?” Feb. 2001.
61Center for Science in the Public Interest, news release, “Consumers
Keep Getting Sick From Seafood,” 9 Oct. 2002.
62Center for Science in the Public Interest, news release, “U.S.
Seafood-Safety System ‘Unworthy of Public Support,’” 20 Sep. 2000.
63Center for Science in the Public Interest, “Consumers Keep Getting
Sick From Seafood,” 9 Oct. 2002.
64Wai Lang Chu, "Study Warns Excess Fish-Farming Drug Use Promotes
Resistance," DrugResearcher.com, 21 Jun. 2006.

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