South African Shark Meat Could Be Poisoning Australians

opinion

Australians may not know and will be unhappy to discover that South African waters are far from pristine, with toxic runoff from factories and farms entering coastal waters. Local sharks are apex predators and, as bioaccumulators, they retain heavy metals such as mercury and arsenic.

It was a bizarre and disturbing sight. About 100 sharks - beheaded, finned and gutted - dumped on Strandfontein beach along the False Bay coast. Why were they there? What was their intended destination before being illegally abandoned? Who was responsible?

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