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Would like to thank everyone for your input on this topic. I remember when the lake had no salmon and my father and I would fish for perch off of the pier at MC. The lake was in pretty bad shape then you could smell the dead fish for blocks. It is obvious that the lake is cleaner today then in the 50ties. Great input guys and love this website. Thanks again. Glad I asked the question.

I wouldn't have taken it personal but you quoted me making it personal. It's done no more needed to be said.

Good debate and discussion. I missed alot in a day!

Dang it - I ate the big ol Laker I caught last year . I guess explains the strange glow Ive noticed coming from me in the dark - good side I don"t need to install any LEDs in the boat this year

Morning Ben,
was looking over the document you left. I checked both sensitive and the other category. Looks like pcb is the largest of the issues. I see another listed as HG, not sure what that would be any help?

I have MS which is an auto immune problem so for myself the sensitive listing is what I looked at mainly.

Ed, that is the periodic chart symbol for mercury.

I am surprised that there are not elevated levels of arsenic, hexavalent chrome, selenium, and some other toxic metals present in the fish considering the discharges of the mills and power plants going into the lake. With a south wind all the fly ash generated that doesn't get scrubbed would wind up in the wind and then the water polluting even more. Just working in the power plants for 15 or so years I got arsenic poisoning.

Lickety-Split wrote:

Morning Ben,
was looking over the document you left. I checked both sensitive and the other category. Looks like pcb is the largest of the issues. I see another listed as HG, not sure what that would be any help?

I have MS which is an auto immune problem so for myself the sensitive listing is what I looked at mainly.

Here's a study linking high levels of Mercury (Hg) with MS.

iaomt.org/mercury-ms-summary-references/

Thanks safecracker,

Interesting article, and the last part explained alot. Although Mercury from possible fillings wouldn't be an issue for me but,
I worked my adult life at Midwest Steel on the east side of the ditch. I worked on two different plating lines. The chromium line and tinning line both dealing with heavy metals, along with nasty stuff like chromic acid, hydrochloric and sulfuic acids, sodium bichromate,sodium bifloride etc, etc. The sludge was so toxic that they needed special federal permits to get rid of the stuff.

Steelie wrote:

I am surprised that there are not elevated levels of arsenic, hexavalent chrome, selenium, and some other toxic metals present in the fish considering the discharges of the mills and power plants going into the lake. With a south wind all the fly ash generated that doesn't get scrubbed would wind up in the wind polluting even more. Just working in the power plants for 15 or so years I got arsenic poisoning.

The hexavalent chrome was the worst one Don. In the old days if they had a spill in the basement from a broken line they pumped it through to the treament plant. Which in return on night sifts would open up and pump alot of it out to the ditch. Feds finally put in equipment for checks to stop the practice. But at times it was still costly to shut a line down, so it was again pumped into the ditch and National paid the fine. When the fines became serious enough then they did work on the treatment plant and put in a large holding tank that held it till treated properly.