The Ministry of Public Health and the Environment of Colorado warns people to limit the number of fish captured locally that they consume from popular lakes of Colorado like the Chatfield reservoir in Littleton, Lake Barr near Brighton and Lake Runyon near Pueblo. These lakes were all reported for high levels of PFAS, also known as “Forever Chemicals”.
The colorado parks and fauna helped study chemical levels in fish and said to CBS Colorado, it was “so that fishermen could make ill -managed health decisions”, and there will be signs detailing the opinions placed in the three bodies of water during the coming week. But that didn’t help people who were enjoying the water on Saturday.
“We ate one not so long ago. So I would have loved it, so I could just reject it,” said Mark McClellan, who frequently fishes at the Chatfield reservoir.
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While some catch and release, McClellan says that he generally eats what he catches and has been surprised to hear that the fish in water could contain chemicals forever, which, if exposed in the long term, can cause increased risk of certain cancers and chronic diseases.
According to the State Health Department interactive card Showing contamination in the Colorado lakes, they advise the general public not to eat more than one serving a month of small mouths of the catfield tank and two portions of Doré.
“The Walleye is probably the most eater here, however,” said McClellan. “So it’s unfortunate, but I guess I have to limit it.”
Israel Lopez and his father are also regulars of Chatfield. They generally do not eat the fish, but it was alarmed to find that some were contaminated.
“A bit like, Whoa,” said Lopez. “I didn’t know there were all these chemicals here in the water.”
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However, information will not dissuade him from coming to Chatfield to fish and do what he likes.
“Once you have caught a fish when you have them, you simply get this rush to adrenaline,” said Lopez. “Because you don’t always know what you are going to talk about, you know what I mean, how big it is, how heavy it is. This is why I like it.”
When they were asked if they have planned to close one of the popular fishing sites, the State Department of Health has declared to CBS News Colorado: “We focus on providing information so that they can take advantage of everything that Colorado has to offer while reducing their exposure to things that could have negative health effects. The vast majority of our fish advice does not recommend that they never recommend the fish; recommend limiting the amount of fish you eat. “