hi all <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> i have a question that i am not getting a clear answer on. i am going to lake berryessa near wine country this weekend (memorial day) to water ski and relax. well i looked up the lake on google to see what fun activities are up there and lo and behold i came upon several websites that said lake berryessa has high levels of mercury in it due to the mining industry that used to dump their run off into the lake! apparently many environmental groups say not to eat the fish, whereas others say don't eat it more than once a week. so naturally i got freaked out about swimming in the water. but thus far in all my research 'scientists' say that swimming in the lake is fine- that the fish have higher mercury levels in them than the water does and that mercury sinks to the bottom of the floor and needs to be converted to methyl mercury by the bacteria down there in order to become toxic to humans. i am not convinced though. i told my boyfriend that i refused to go in the water- but the whole point of the trip is to waterski. he found the various articles online saying that swimming there was fine- but i am having a hard time beliving that. once upon a time 'scientists' thought there was no harm in using mercury in vaccines, amalgams, etc... and they thought there was no problem with it in the fish. obviously that is not the case today. so- my question is to anyone out there who may have knowledge on this subject (not speculation please)- what is your opinion? and do you have any data/facts/ websites you could point me to to back it up? i would appreciate it! thank you <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />