The Maine CDC is expanding a warning for Mainers to limit eating fish from certain waterways throughout the state.
The Maine CDC says this is due to PFAS, or forever chemical, contamination.
There are now 16 bodies of water in the state that have a warning.
Elevated levels of the PFAS were detected in fish tissue samples from McGrath Pond and Salmon Lake in Belgrade and Oakland, Aroostook River in Caribou, Kenduskeag Stream in Kenduskeag and Bangor, Kennebec River in Waterville, Limestone Stream in Fort Fairfield, Annabessacook Lake in Monmouth and Winthrop, and Sandy and Halfmoon Streams in Unity and Thorndike.
The new fish consumption advisories, listed below, apply to game fish caught in these waterbodies:
Fishing in these specific waterbodies remains a safe activity, in accordance with the consumption advisories, along with other recreational activities such as swimming, wading, and boating.
The Maine CDC recommends that anglers review all existing fish consumption advisories for Maine waters.
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