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Health department issues new warning about eating fish from some Minnesota lakes with ‘forever chemicals’
The changes to the fish consumption guidelines affect about 44 water bodies in 10 counties, in both the Twin Cities and ...
Blue-green algae spotted in Lorraine Lake in Deltona; health department issues warning
Officials are sampling water taken from Lorraine Lake in Deltona, where potentially toxic blue-green algae was spotted.
Fish from MN lakes, rivers found with PFAS, mercury, PCBs
MDH said fish from waterbodies in the Twin Cities metro, as well as Douglas, McLeod, Martin and St. Louis Counties show the ...
Psychoactive drug pollution makes fish less risk-averse
A Swedish study found traces of the drug had altered the way wild Atlantic salmon migrate.A common anti-anxiety drug, which has been found to pollute the world's waterways, seems to be influencing the ...
Purdue University College of Agriculture17d
Contaminants in the cold: How everyday chemicals are affecting Antarctic fish
Antarctica, once seen as a pristine wilderness, has trouble brewing in its waters. As researchers, tourists and military ...
Tampa Bay Times15d
What’s contaminating Tampa Bay’s fish? These scientists are angling for answers
Related: Tampa Bay’s redfish are contaminated with pharmaceuticals ... levels of pollution in Tampa Bay’s water, sediment and fish. The project should inspire other scientists looking to ...