poignant in light of yesterday's lecture

Yesterday Dr. Klineberg said hunters are usually to first to take action if an environmental problem affects their game. Maybe this recent disclosure will boost efforts to clean up and protect Gaveston Bay?

houstonpress.com | Over the Limit? | 2005-01-27: "...Speckled trout collected at sites around Upper Galveston Bay last year contained elevated concentrations of PCBs, a widely used industrial compound that was banned decades ago based on links to brain damage, reproductive defects and other health problems....

"Such an advisory, if issued in line with the trout's migratory patterns, would be the first widespread health warning the state has ever posted for a major game fish in Galveston Bay. It could potentially hobble the local sport-fishing industry.

'I think [the effects] would be pretty profound,' says Ted Venker, a spokesperson for the Coastal Conservation Association, which represents many local fishermen. 'It's one of the bay's big three fish: flounder, redfish and speckled trout. That would create a big stir.' [...]"