Falcon1, this is not a subject for "opinion" like politics or literature. This is a subject for fact and science. Again, where is your link to detailed water chemistry analysis? Where is your link to the results of analysis of fish tissue samples? Where is the Health Advisory issues by Ministry of Environment or Provincial Health Officer??
You imply there are tons of plastic in Elk lake which is not true. There would have to be for your implication to have any truth. The amount of leaching from plastic is TINY, otherwise there would be no food in plastic bags, no plastic milk jugs and no plastic water bottles!! Again where is your water chemistry analysis?!
"Unnecessary risk" is a relative term. You have to define the level of risk in a quantifiable way to understand whether there is any validity to your vague assertion. Otherwise I can say do not go out outside because you run the "unnecessary risk" of getting struck by lightning. Clearly the term unnecessary risk is ridiculous in this case because the chances are extremely low. So you have to define the level of risk before making any decision about it. Opinion does not cut it!!
I understand about bio-accumulation of heavy metals. That is why mine tailings are so toxic to the environment. However, as far as I am aware there are no mines near Elk lake!!. Again where is your water chemistry analysis to back up your claims? I would also point out Elk lake is a stocked lake and so most of the trout do not even live there for more than a few months......
The amount of lead leached from metallic lead is tiny. Most of the scary stuff you have read about lead poisoning comes from ingestion of water soluble lead compounds like in paint, or lead tetra-ethyl formerly used in gasoline way back when. You are quoting bits of science without offering any evidence that the processes (which you have a partial understanding of) are actually happening in Southern VI lakes!! Again where is the Health Advisory? And again I point out the trout are in there for a few months, not years and years, so there is not time for bio-accumulation to occur!!
Cobradriver did not ask for opinion or hearsay. He correctly wanted LINKS to actual FACTS. You have offered none except for your own (admittedly humorous
) link to you own post. You are still offering vague notions and accusations about what you believe is happening in VI lakes without any scientific evidence. Belief without evidence is ignorant superstition.