Salmon from Tasmania is sold in supermarkets across the country.. and enjoyed regularly in many households. For decades we've been told it's healthy, clean and grown in environmentally pristine conditions. But a new book by Richard Flanagan describes the industry as "an elaborate and highly successful con job".
It claims the salmon industry is poisoning Hobart's drinking water and degrading waterways.. and describes packed fish being grown in filth.
The Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association says "the impact of this book will be deeply felt by the more than 2,000 people and their families, as well as thousands of contractors that are part of our industry." And it's urging "people to be informed by facts, widely available from governments and leading researchers, and from each company's public reports."

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