I am buying a house in Mississippi (George County) with a stocked pond, which we plan to fish, but my family is very health conscious. Is there a resource, online or locally that could help us find this out?
2006-10-03 06:50:46 · 9 answers · asked by christina_m_taft 3 in Health ➔ Other - Health
i can tell you what you need to know.i worked for the state of north carolina in water resources and the only way to find out the levels of heavy metals in your fish is to take a blood sample from the medium size fish.you choose from a meridan source and get the blood drawn but in order to get a comparative sample to check the blood tissue and organs the fish will have to be killed and appropriate samples taken from blood meat tissues heart liver and other organs that have mercury in them.you can go online to the department of natural resources and community development in mississippi to find how much it would cost for analysis.since your moving to miss, where are you living now and how close is george county in respect to the ocean. also where your living now.if you would send me the size and depth of the stocked pond i can give you an approximate popualation of fish to be in the pond. over populating will drain the pond of nutrients minerials and dissolved oxygen and kill most of the larger fish.also let me know what species you are planning to stock.sunfish and bass do well together with 33 to 45 percent of bass and the rest bluegills shell crackers and other sunfish species. the smaller sunfish reproduce rapidly and the bass feed on those fry and hopefully you wont have to buy food from a hatchery.i live in the mountains of north carolina and have done some research in trout habitat.
2006-10-03 07:07:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would imagine if you caught and cooked a fish you could take it to a health testing lab and have them test the mercury levels. Most Universities have testing labs and fish hatcheries. I bet for a donation, they would be glad to test it for you. You get your fish tested at a deal of a price and someone learns with hands-on experience. Call the local universities, or look up the testing labs. Even some place as simple as a well water testing lab will at least know where you can go with the product to have it tested if all else fails...good luck and happy fishing!
2006-10-03 13:55:24 · answer #2 · answered by jess l 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can get companies to test your water. Most likely you will be safe unless you are near factories spewing toxic chemicals in the air. Most Mercury comes from Chemicals dumped in rivers.
Check your Yellow Pages... there are EPA-DEP certified labs all over.
2006-10-03 13:53:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depending on what state you're in, you should be able to send it to your version of a Department of Natural Resources. The State Government that takes care of state parks, state Forrest's, lakes, they usually have a lab that will provide help to home owners that need some of their special help.......GOOD LUCK........LATER
2006-10-03 13:59:12 · answer #4 · answered by veteranpainter 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dept. of Conservation and Dept. of Public health as well as Public Farm Services will test for free or small fee.
2006-10-03 13:54:07 · answer #5 · answered by housemouse62451 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contact the county's environmental health department. They might have previous reports on file for your property, and if not, can refer you to a local agency to do the testing.
http://www.deq.state.ms.us/MDEQ.nsf/page/Main_Home?OpenDocument
2006-10-03 13:53:10 · answer #6 · answered by pknutson_sws 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contact the state or local agricultural department and find out if they can test if for you.
2006-10-03 13:53:15 · answer #7 · answered by Emm 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contact the local branch of the DNR they probably already have the info
2006-10-03 14:00:44 · answer #8 · answered by norsmen 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ask you local game warden
2006-10-03 13:57:57 · answer #9 · answered by logan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋