A FEW FACTS
- Farmed Salmon have 5 times the level of polychlorinated biphenil (PCB) .
- They're fed chemicals to give them colour & unnatural growth , a farmed salmon is naturally grey in colour , so a pink dye is introduced into their diet to make it more appealing to the consumer .
- Are fed pellets of chicken feces .
- Are administered antibiotics at higher levels than any other live stock , due to disease such as sea lice .
- Has less omega 3 due to lack of a wild diet .
- Are crowded into small areas inhibiting movement & causing disease .
- Salmon Farms at sea create a surge of up to 10,000% the population of sea lice around the cages , any wild salmon or sea trout that pass by these cages and become infected will eventually die from the effects of sea lice .
- The majority of salmon on supermarket shelves & in restaurants is labeled as organic even though there is nothing truly organic about it . It is in fact farmed salmon & should not be bought . They have used the word organic salmon on the packaging to manipulate & confuse consumers into buying their toxic farmed salmon .
- It has been revealed in scientific studies that farmed salmon is so carcinogenic that it is advised not to have more than 2 portions a week .
- According to the authorities only farmed salmon can be labeled organic , due to the fact a wild salmons diet can not be tracked .