Toxicologists call for an urgent national dialogue on the safety of the water and food being consumed across the country.[File, Standard]
Toxicologists are calling for an urgent national dialogue on the safety of the water and food being consumed across the country, a debate sparked by ongoing public conversations around the safety of fish in Lake Nakuru.
While public attention has largely focused on political interests and the harassment of young fishermen at the lake, independent institutional assessments have continued to sound an alarm.
The crisis surrounding Lake Nakuru revolves around rising water levels, a rapidly growing city whose waste finds its way into the lake basin, poorly regulated industrial runoff and fishing.
Commenting on existing reports, toxicologists have issued a stark warning regarding the immediate and long-term effects of eating fish loaded with heavy metals over a longer period of time.
