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<blockquote data-quote="Caustic Burno" data-source="post: 755953" data-attributes="member: 694"><p>This is nothing compared to what used to be dumped by cities and companies for years and knew nothing about. I used to hold a sporstman shrimping and oyster liscense. Come to find out the Trinty River was one of the most polluted streams for years dumping into the Galveston Bay system all the while the shrimp trawlers and oyster dredges were producing. Heck half the reefs were shut down for years due to heavy metals in shellfish the largest polluter was the City of Dallas. Lead and mercury levels through the roof. This was 40 years ago and there are still some reefs still closed today. The Galveston bay system is one of the largest producers of seafood in the U.S.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>"Galveston Bay is the second most productive estuary in the nation, producing more seafood than any other bay—trailing only Chesapeake Bay.</p><p>The Bay receives the fourth highest level of toxic chemicals in the state from bayside industrial discharge, in addition to pollutants washing in from the Houston Ship Channel.[37] Although contaminants from the major industrial complexes along the Bay contribute substantially to bay pollution, most is the result of storm run-off from various commercial, agricultural, and residential sources.[38] In recent decades, conservation efforts have been enacted which have substantially improved water quality in the Bay.[39] Though concerns have been raised about the safety of seafood obtained from the Bay the Texas Department of Health have stated that fish from the Bay is "safe for unlimited consumption."[</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Caustic Burno, post: 755953, member: 694"] This is nothing compared to what used to be dumped by cities and companies for years and knew nothing about. I used to hold a sporstman shrimping and oyster liscense. Come to find out the Trinty River was one of the most polluted streams for years dumping into the Galveston Bay system all the while the shrimp trawlers and oyster dredges were producing. Heck half the reefs were shut down for years due to heavy metals in shellfish the largest polluter was the City of Dallas. Lead and mercury levels through the roof. This was 40 years ago and there are still some reefs still closed today. The Galveston bay system is one of the largest producers of seafood in the U.S. "Galveston Bay is the second most productive estuary in the nation, producing more seafood than any other bay—trailing only Chesapeake Bay. The Bay receives the fourth highest level of toxic chemicals in the state from bayside industrial discharge, in addition to pollutants washing in from the Houston Ship Channel.[37] Although contaminants from the major industrial complexes along the Bay contribute substantially to bay pollution, most is the result of storm run-off from various commercial, agricultural, and residential sources.[38] In recent decades, conservation efforts have been enacted which have substantially improved water quality in the Bay.[39] Though concerns have been raised about the safety of seafood obtained from the Bay the Texas Department of Health have stated that fish from the Bay is "safe for unlimited consumption."[ [/QUOTE]
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