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Do people eat carp in the US?

Asked: Célyka Bernier-Demers, Date Created:

Carp in the US are not generally farmed. That means that the fish eat what they find. Unfortunately, carp have a high tolerance of pollution. That means that carp can be ingesting things that people don't really want to eat.

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