For Immediate Release
Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Contact:
Dr. David Carpenter
1-518-525-2660
carpent@uamail.albany.edu

Statement of Dr. David Carpenter

Director of the Institute for Health and the Environment at the University at Albany's School of Public Health and Co- Author of the Largest and Most Comprehensive Study of Toxins in Farm-Raised Salmon

On Results of VKM Report on Contaminants in Farmed Salmon

ALBANY, NY -- "Our study in the journal Science analyzed toxic contaminants in farmed and wild salmon collected from around the world and found Norwegian farmed salmon to be one of the most contaminated."

"The most important determinant of contamination has to do with where the fish is farmed and what it is fed, not where it is purchased. Since it's a global market, Norwegian farmed salmon is unfortunately available around the world."

"Because of the very high levels of contaminants it contains, Norwegian farmed salmon is dangerous because it increases the risk of cancer. Farmed salmon is an especially dangerous food for women of child-bearing age, developing fetuses and children because some of these contaminants have been demonstrated to cause cognitive deficits such as reductions in IQ."

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