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I'll Take Menhaden
Tiny fish being wiped out to make health-food supplements |
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26 Jul 2005 |
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| I'll Take Menhaden Tiny fish being wiped out to make health-food supplements Omega Protein Corp. is overharvesting a little Chesapeake Bay fish called menhaden in order to make omega-3 fatty-acid food supplements for its health-crazed customers, leading to a decline in the striped bass that eat them (the menhaden, not the supplements or the health-crazed customers). This according to Greenpeace, which protested at ... |
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