Benzene is a colorless, flammable liquid with a sweet odor. It evaporates quickly when exposed to air. Benzene is formed from natural processes, such as volcanoes and forest fires, but most exposure to benzene results from human activities. Benzene is among the 20 most widely used chemicals in the United States.
Lafrenz also attributes the taste of farmed branzino to the fish meal fed they are fed. Branzino, like salmon, is a carnivorous fish. In large aquaculture operations, small fish are caught and made into feed.
The Sellafield Nuclear Plant is located on the Northwest coast of the Irish Sea in England. It is a government owned facility which produces about one-fourth of the United Kingdom's energy. Nuclear waste from this facility has turned the Irish Sea into one of the most radioactive bodies of water in the world.