How many would eat Ohio River crappie?

[jastew]

Tell me that when you are dying from Cancer in a few years. I'll be that when the cancer is eating at your body and you are in such pain that you want to kill yourself you will regret saying this.

Sure it's easy to say that right now. It's not just about living a couple more years it's living a life that's without pain and anguish.

I would rather get hit by a buss and go quick than to linger around in a hosptial for a month or more.

I use to smoke and back in those days didn't care about lung cancer or any other thing like having a heart attack. But then after I had a heart attack I wished that I had never smoked at all. I'm still alive thanks to some surgeron who gave me new heart arteries but I can't do half the things I used to do. My physical activity is very limited nowdays.

So please don't discount your health. You will live to regret it someday unless you get hit by a buss and go quickly. And we all are not so lucky.

Mercury has never been shown to cause cancer as far as I could see from a few minutes of searching the internet.

[chiphunt]

I have fished my whole life on KY lakes. Last year I went fishing down at the Falls for the first time. I enjoyed myself wading around and catching some nice fish. Problem was I had a couple of cuts on my leg from wading the previous week in Otter Creek on post. Those cuts/sores became infected after I waded in the Ohio and I had to go to the doctor. I have no doubt it was from the Ohio River water. I have been fishing since, but no way I'm eating anything out of there and I'm hesitant to even wade when I fish now.

[Moveon]

Your right about Mercury not causing cancer. All it does is poison the central nervous system and lead to impetance.

PCB and other chemcials can lead to cancer. There are plenty of other chemicals dumped into the Ohio River.

Just remember when they issue fish consumption advisories it's all based on stastistics and probabilities. It's not a certain thing that if you eat 100 fish you WILL get cancer. No it does not work that way.

But in general the more fish you eat that are contaminated the more likely you have more mercury entering your body. Heck I have mercury in my fillings in my teeth. Some people claim that the mercury in the fillings leaches out into your mouth and body over time. Other, say that's hogwash?

You could easily get buy with eating some crappie out of the Ohio River every day for the rest of your life and you May NOT be affected by the chemicals that are in those fish OR you may be Affected. All we know is that if you eat a lot of fish vs few fish your probablity of getting disease or sick increases. It's up to everyone as an individual to make the choice on whether they want to eat those fish or not? My recommendation is the eat them in moderation and be on the safe side.

I love fried crappie. I use to eat it all the time but since I had open heart surgery I bake my fish these days. Add some margarine and lemon juice to the fish along with some Mrs Dash Seasoning and they are umm goooooood.


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QUOTE=jastew;488715]Mercury has never been shown to cause cancer as far as I could see from a few minutes of searching the internet.[/QUOTE]