Dioxins in U.S. Farm-Raised Catfish
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2014-09-19

Feed contaminated with toxic pollutants thought to originate from sewer sludge fed to chicken and fish results in human dioxin exposure through poultry, eggs, and catfish.

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This is a good illustration of how we can’t necessarily rely on regulators to protect our families’ health. More on dietary dioxins and what we can do about it in Dioxins in the Food Supply (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/dioxins-in-the-food-supply) and Counteracting the Effects of Dioxins Through Diet (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/counteracting-the-effects-of-dioxins-through-diet/).

Even wild fish are exposed to industrial pollutants spewed into our waterways. See, for example: 
• Fish and Diabetes (http://www.nutritionfacts.org/video/fish-and-diabetes)
• Diabetes and Dioxins (http://www.nutritionfacts.org/video/diabetes-and-dioxins)
• Pollutants in Salmon and Our Own Fat (http://www.nutritionfacts.org/video/pollutants-in-salmon-and-our-own-fat)

Farmed fish is the worst, though: Farmed Fish vs. Wild-Caught (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/farmed-fish-vs-wild-caught-2/).

Other pollutants in our food supply and how to avoid them:
• Food Sources of PCB Chemical Pollutants (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/food-sources-of-pcb-chemical-pollutants/)
• Food Sources of Flame Retardant Chemicals (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/food-sources-of-flame-retardant-chemicals/)
• Food Sources of Perfluorochemicals (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/food-sources-of-perfluorochemicals/)

Though the best way to detox is not to tox in the first place, our bodies can eventually get rid of much of the toxin load:
• The Wrong Way to Detox (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-wrong-way-to-detox/)
• How Fast Can Children Detoxify from PCBs? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-fast-can-children-detoxify-from-pcbs/)
• How Long to Detox From Fish Before Pregnancy (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-long-to-detox-from-fish-before-pregnancy/)

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