Originally Posted by
Natural Lefty
You obviously haven't read the rest to this thread, Mr. Jaws and Catfish. The Salton Sea is very far from being toxic, except where the polluted rivers enter at its southern end. Those are I believe polluted with biological stuff (germs), not chemicals, and the Salton Sea is quite clean chemically. This is not just my opinion. This is from people who test the water there. It looks and smells yucky, is overloaded with nutrients, but they say it's is pristine in terms of chemicals. The other species died out due to a combination of overly high salinity and low oxygen levels, making spawning unworkable for these species.