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Safe Eating Guidelines for Fish from Lake Chabot (Alameda County)
[03/18/09]
Safe Eating Guidelines
for Fish from Lake Chabot
Women 18 – 45 and Children 1 – 17 Years
Redear and other sunfish |
Channel Catfish |
Bass
Carp* |
2 Servings a week |
1 Serving a week |
Do not eat |
Men over 17 Years and Women over 45 years
Redear and other sunfish |
Channel Catfish |
Bass
Carp* |
4 Servings a week |
1 Serving a week |
1 Serving a week bass |
This advisory was updated in March 2009.
*Note: Advice based on levels of PCBs is the same for all men, women, and children. PCBs can cause the same health effects in people of all ages. When advice is based on mercury levels, however, OEHHA gives special advice to women ages 18 – 45 and children 1 – 17 years. This population should eat fish containing mercury less often to protect babies and children, who can be more sensitive to mercury
Follow this link to download a fact sheet for nine bay area reservoirs
Note: the 2004 interim health advisories were removed from the fact sheet. OEHHA developed state advisories for fish from each of the reservoirs with an adequate data set for evaluation.
Be sure to use the UPDATED safe eating guidelines for Lake Chabot shown on this page (above).
Safe eating guidelines for other bay area reservoirs can be found at this link.
For information about a study of chemicals in fish from bay area reservoirs conducted by the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board in 2000-2002, follow this link to access the Water Board’s report)
