White Catfish, Vietnamese River Cobbler, Pangasius or Gray Sole is industrially farmed in Vietnam on the Mekong River which is one of the most polluted rivers on the planet due to industries along the river dumping chemicals and industrial waste directly into it. Upon testing, these fish have extroadinarily high levels of toxic and hazardous heavy metals, pollutants, bacteria, PCBs, etc. The fisheries are completely unregulated with the female fish injected with hormones to exponentially increase growth and fertility laying up to 500 000 eggs. The river water itself is extremely toxic in which the fish are frozen. Pangas is now used in frozen fish /crab sticks, fish terrines, some pet foods. |