(Jun 24, 2017 02:56 AM)stryder Wrote: https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation-now/2017/06/13/thousands-dead-fish-wash-up-texas/102804530/

This mass fish death even occurred around the same time that I was traveling back from Corpus Christi (A little ways up the road)  I spotted it on the news and thought it pretty bad considering we'd only just holidayed nearby.

While looking through information today on the subject of "Lectin's" (since my fathers got all paranoid about eating anything with Lectin's in) I started looking at various things.  One was the fact that GM crops have higher levels of Lectin's than organic food sources (since Lectin's are part of what is tampered with to make them GM)

The other fact was while looking to see if a food we tried Pachyrhizus Erosus (Jicama/Yam Bean or Mexican Potato (wikipedia.org)) contained lectin's. I didn't reach an answer on that however I dead read that while the root is edible, the rest of the plant and it's seeds contain Rotenone (wikipedia.org) which can be used as both a pesticide and a way to kill fish.

Jicama while originally grown in South America and Mexico has also been grown in Texas.  So I'm wondering if the storms that hit the region at the time might have damaged the plants through torrential rain and caused the toxins to spill into the nearby water supply.  (The toxins effect fish respiratory systems)  If that's the cause, I'd suggest any Farmers growing Jicama are warned not to grow Jicama near water bodies and rivers.

(Jun 24, 2017 02:56 AM)stryder Wrote: [...] While looking through information today on the subject of "Lectin's" (since my fathers got all paranoid about eating anything with Lectin's in) I started looking at various things. One was the fact that GM crops have higher levels of Lectin's than organic food sources (since Lectin's are part of what is tampered with to make them GM)

The other fact was while looking to see if a food we tried Pachyrhizus Erosus (Jicama/Yam Bean or Mexican Potato (wikipedia.org)) contained lectin's. I didn't reach an answer on that however I dead read that while the root is edible, the rest of the plant and it's seeds contain Rotenone (wikipedia.org) which can be used as both a pesticide and a way to kill fish.

Jicama while originally grown in South America and Mexico has also been grown in Texas. So I'm wondering if the storms that hit the region at the time might have damaged the plants through torrential rain and caused the toxins to spill into the nearby water supply. (The toxins effect fish respiratory systems) If that's the cause, I'd suggest any Farmers growing Jicama are warned not to grow Jicama near water bodies and rivers.