Don’t eat too many Thames eels
- Title
- Don’t eat too many Thames eels
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 13 Aug 1993
- Year of production
- 1993
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- Duration
- 00:04:38
- Description
- Angela Rippon interviews, on her Drivetime show, Eel and Pie shop owner Frederick Cook about government advice on the dangers of eating too many River Thames eels due to levels of pesticide residues found in them. He says his eels come from Ireland and not many people eat eels from the Thames; also on how the business started, different ways of eating eels and where to buy them.
- Contributors
- Angela Rippon; Frederick Cook
- Keywords
- Pollution; London; Environmental health; River Thames; Health advice; Drivetime (radio programme); Eels; Eel fishing; Consumer advice; Pesticide residues
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