EWG and the Center for Environmental Health are moving to sue for a State of California Proposition 65 warning label on farmed salmon, which EWG's and others' studies show concentrate cancer-causing PCBs at potentially dangerous levels.
“A label will give consumers the power of information about exposure to PCBs from eating farmed salmon,†said EWG Vice President for Research Jane Houlihan. “The federal Food and Drug Administration has shown no intention of taking action on this issue, so we are pursuing our case under California's toxics right-to-know law.â€
Houlihan continued, “consumers don't have to accept the false choice that the farmed salmon industry has been force-feeding them. The salmon farming industry can - and must - produce a heart-healthy food, without the PCB risks that farmed salmon currently pose. We think informed consumers will lead this industry in the right direction.â€
The 50 defendants names in the lawsuit include: Atlantic Salmon of Maine, Fjord Seafood USA, Cermaq Group, Mainstream Scotland, Creative Salmon Company, Ltd., Cypress Island, Inc., Omega Salmon Group Ltd., Panfish ASA, Grieg Seafood, B.C., Ltd., Heritage Salmon, Inc., Marine Harvest USA, Marine Harvest Canada, Nutreco Holding N.V., Stolt Sea Farm, Inc. (USA), Stolt Sea Farm, Inc. (Canada), Stolt Sea Farm Holdings plc (London) and Stolt Sea Farm Ltd. (Scotland).