MJØSA IS NO LONGER WHAT IT WAS!
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One of Norway’s best-known lakes has had a shock report released this week. Our largest lake has had more hiding under the surface than Loch Ness
One of Norway’s best-known lakes has had a shock report released this week. Our largest lake has had more hiding under the surface than Loch Ness
The local fishermen at Mjøsa have long claimed that their lake has a clean bill of health but now the figures have proven this to be very wrong. Mjøsa now has the highest levels of environmental toxins in Norway. Researchers have for large readings of PCB, DDT and other toxins. The worst effected area is the arm known as Furnesfjorden. The Norwegian Institute of Water reashearch has studied this lake for a number of years and have puplished their results.
As a result pregnent women and mothers that are brest feeding should not eat any of fish over 0ne kilo (trout, pike and perch). Those who eat more than a kilo per month run the risk of injesting the cancer causing agent dioksiner.