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> Another potential contamination of EE2 is aquaculture. Based on a recent investigation, high concentrations of EE2 ranging from <0.3–7.67 ng/L in estuarine water nearby aquaculture activities in Malaysia, were re- ported (Ismail et al., 2019)

Why is aquaculture waste water contributing to EE2 contamination?

What step in aquaculture would create this..

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>Another potential contamination

>Why is aquaculture waste water contributing to EE2 contamination?

Why could aquaculture ...

They are not affirming it, they are suggesting a possible link, that is all.

Female fish are generally bigger than male fish and caviar can only be harvested from females.

The example source in the paper is in Malaysia which I think is a bit too warm for sturgeon.

The same process can be applied to many species of fish. I highly recommend finding some Poutargue or Tarama for alternative examples.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottarga https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taramasalata

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