A Sea of Concern

I work with a fasinating group of staff, faculty and students at the University of Victoria. One of the Environmental Studies graduate students, Tom Child, is doing an interesting study on traditional coastal First Nations food supplies and toxins. In a time when we are becoming more aware of where our food comes from, food security and growing or providing organic foods, the issues of toxins is extremely important. First Nation peoples obtain their food supply from the land more than we do, and therefore may be exposed to more toxins from the seafood in their diet.

Interesting reading: http://communications.uvic.ca/edge/pdf/v8n06_june08.pdf