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N.J. warns: Don't eat squirrel near dump

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- New Jersey has warned squirrel hunters near a toxic waste dump about consuming the critters because they could be contaminated with lead.

It is the first time the state has cautioned Ringwood residents - many who are members of the Ramapough Mountain Indian tribe who hunt and fish in the area - about their squirrel intake, said Tom Slater, a spokesman for the Department of Health and Senior Services.

A lead-contaminated squirrel was found in the area two months ago, prompting the agency, along with the state Department of Environmental Protection, to send out letters advising that adults eat squirrel no more than twice a week and even less for children and pregnant women.

Lead, which is harmful in small amounts, can damage the nervous system, red blood cell production and the kidneys.

"We've known for a long time something was wrong here, we just didn't know what it was," resident Myrtle Van Dunk said.

Residents and many environmental activists believe the lead comes from toxic waste, including paint sludge, dumped in the area by the Ford Motor Co. during the 1960s and early 1970s, from its now-closed car manufacturing plant in Mahwah.

Ford is removing thousands of tons of waste from a 500-acre former mining property in the Ringwood area. The site was recently relisted on the federal Superfund list, a ranking of the country's worst environmental dump sites, after multiple cleanups failed to remove all the sludge.

 

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We have the same type of warning here concerning fish taken out of the Saginaw River.  For years and years the river was so polluted from Dow Chemical it never froze up during the winter......a lot of people used river water as antifreeze in their cars.  They finally cleaned up the river (somewhat), but the health warnings say children and pregnant women should limit their consumption of fish to two meals per month because the fish contain high levels of dioxin!!!

Um thanks, but no thanks.......I think if I wanted to poison my family, I'd slip some paint thinner, antifreeze, or something like that into their food. 

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....I heard New Jersey squirrel pie is fabulous. needs no hot sauce,,,

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haha.....I wonder if you ate enough of it, would you glow in the dark??? 



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gain some new powers like Chevy Chase in Modern Problems! lol

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Looky here Ma, this one gots 5 legs, does that mean I can have the extry one?

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Some folk will never eat a skunk,  But then again, some folk'll,  Like Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel!



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Lady Strange wrote:
Some folk will never eat a skunk,  But then again, some folk'll,  Like Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel!

 

Darn Red X LS.



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Sparky wrote:
Lady Strange wrote:
Some folk will never eat a skunk,  But then again, some folk'll,  Like Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel!
Darn Red X LS.

Thanks Sparky!



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Those Jersey squirrels are pretty bad a**...not sure why you'd think of eating them anyway...

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-- Edited by garougal at 17:24, 2007-01-25

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-- Edited by Sparky at 22:22, 2007-01-25

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It's a free meal, I'd suppose. Still, I prefer to pay for my food and hopefully not get poisoned.



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