Health officials: avoid eating Lake Gaston walleye


Published/Last Modified on Thursday, November 19, 2009 7:19 AM EST

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia and North Carolina health officials are advising against consuming walleye fish caught in Lake Gaston because of mercury contamination.
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Recent fish-tissue sample results from the North Carolina Division of Public Health show levels of the toxic metal in walleye exceed the amount considered safe for long-term human consumption. Virginia’s health department and North Carolina’s health director on Wednesday issued an advisory in response.

The Virginia Department of Health is suggesting that people consume two meals a month or fewer of Lake Gaston walleye. The advisory area stretches from John H. Kerr Dam downstream 18 miles to the North Carolina border.

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Virginia Department of Health: http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/Epidemiology/dee/PublicHealthToxicology/ Advisories/

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