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PHOENIX, N. Y. REGISTER (SYRACUSE MARKET ARIA) W. 3,000 SEP 3 1975 f What. Can Be Dane About PCS'* In Fish Flesh? There has been oonoem Roughly, ft is V shaped in form recently over the safetyofestlng and measures up to onehellInch salmon and troutcaught In Lake In width and one half Inch In Ontario became ol depth on a mature salmon. contamination by PCB'lc.Ihese Studies have shown that it /ish do contain PCB's contains up to W per cent fat polychlorinated Mphenyls .at ' There are two ways In which levels two to three times higher ' the back fat strip can be than the refutations set by the removed. First, if the fish U U.$. Food and Drug filleted, the strip can be left humane end appropriate Ieven of consumption, in the mean time. the New York State De partment of Health recommend* that consumers limit their Intake of kike Ontario salmon to one meal per week. The same recommendation recently has torn lven by the Wtoconoln ' D(H,ion of Kinitb for comumpUon of Lake MIoNnn trout and aaimon. Much ot the above Information woo oupottvO by tbo Michigan Stott :l)nlvtralty Cooperative Extension Servlet tod Unlverifty of Wtaconaln boa Oypnt Profram Administration - (FDA) ' "lor attached k .ur the bones by commercial sale of* fish. carefully leaving a strip up to However, no daimits ruling has orte hall Inch wideon either tide been made on the safety of of the back fin when making the eating PCS contaminated fish. two cdts from bead to toll along Until e ruling is made there are the fishes back. The second some simple steps In fleh method, used when the fish Is not preparation that tan Immk to ha filleted, is to make a V consumption of PCB's. shaped cut from head to toll i PCB's apparently do -not while removing the top fin. With .adversely alfect fish both methods, the fat strip is Themselves. While research on disposed of before cooking. the affects of low level doses of A second fat region Is an arts PCB's on humans is vary team, oeUed the belly flap. Two belly Indications are that they might flan actually result when the not be so harmless to mao. It la. flsh is openedduring gutting one known that levals many times on esch flankof the cleanedfish. the PDA limit can be quite Bach bally flap includes bottom MS. Restricted by fine. Research has shewn this Information, the PDA bally flap region to bett percent has sent a somewhat arbitrary tot. Remove a strip one half to limit of five parts per million In three quarters ofanInchwideon fish to he sold commercially. each belly flap from gills to anal This guideline is based on all the opening from fillets or whole Information available at the fish before cooking. time the standard was .act. A third area of fat deposits is . Certainly fishermen have eaten found in a thin layer Just under4 many Lake Ontario aaimon and the skin of the fish over the other fish with no immediate, entire body. Most of the tot in obvious effects despite this layer will melt out during containing relatively high Hveli cooking. A sharp knife maybe ot PCB's. Still long term affects used to score or puncture the art unknown, fn monkey*, near skin In several places to allow relatives of man, short term the melted fat to separate more ` exposure to five times the PDA readily from the flesh. Or, the reoommended level osused skin can be removed. . health problems. - Fish take In PCB's directly The taet easily removable fat through the gills, fins, end skin deposit is the darkish flesh along as well as through the food they the sides of the fish which Is oat. Once In the fish, PCB's are visible when the tieh has very slew to leave end may be been skinned. A shallow cut will concentrated many times ever remove most of thedarker flesh * levels m the surrounding waters Without ruining steaks or fillets. .Thus, while levels of PCB's In 8ome fat deposits exist the water may be very low. throughout the flesh of the flsh. ` levels in fish flesh can be During cooking, touch of this fat i dangerously high, The actual will leavfe the flash. As this fat amounts ol PCB's tnaglvenfish melts out, K carries with it some r depend on Its species, of the residuesof pesticides and physiology, food habits, PCB's. Steamed, baked, or longevity and other factors. In broited fish oan be drained ! any single fish s large portion ot during end after- ooeking to PCB's may be found In its fat avoid consuming the melted fata ^Removal of tat areas and fluids. Dishes should be avoided In which the flsh is Membors of the salmon cooked In Us own Juices, such as family, Ineluding trout, store up boiled fleh end many ehowder fat in oartaln parts of their and canning recipes. body. Tbaaa tot deposits are Whether or not to eat where PCB's are stored M fishes from Lake Ontario greatest oonoentraUon. eta^ remains a personal decision. with pesticide residues and . Following toe procedures flavors. Locating and removing suggested above will help these arses is e way to eliminate mlmmlte consumption of- MONS 032777 Ba iargaporUonofooDtamlnants. retlcldes and PCB's. One fat area in aaimee and opefully mere research soon trout runs along the top (dorsal) will give better answers on u.. it* theta!!. possible tffects pf ..fgg's op;