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Health Advisory And Safe Eating Guidelines For Fish From Folsom Lake And Lake Natoma (Sacramento, El Dorado And Placer Counties)
[10/15/08]

Mercury levels were evaluated in edible tissues of fish caught from Folsom Lake in Sacramento, El Dorado and Placer counties, an area possibly affected by historic gold mining. Mercury levels in fish were collected and analyzed by the U.S. Geological Survey for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. The contaminant data were evaluated by the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) to determine whether there may be potential adverse health effects associated with the consumption of certain sport fish from this water body and to identify fish species with low contaminant levels considered safe to eat frequently. Based on this evaluation, a health advisory and safe eating guidelines were developed that allow fishers to select fish to eat from Folsom Lake in quantities that maintain mercury exposures within safe levels while supporting the health benefits of fish consumption. Additionally, a previous state advisory for Lake Natoma in Sacramento County was revised using the newly developed advisory tissue levels (ATLs) for mercury and other contaminants. Lake Natoma is a 500-acre afterbay for Folsom Lake Dam. With the exception of catfish, mercury contaminant data for the two connected water bodies were similar; therefore, unified fish consumption guidelines for Folsom Lake and Lake Natoma were deemed justified.

Follow the links below to download files as Acrobat pdf files.

• Health Advisory And Safe Eating Guidelines For Fish From Folsom Lake And Lake Natoma (Sacramento, El Dorado And Placer Counties)
• Fact sheet - Safe Eating Guidelines For Fish From Folsom Lake And Lake Natoma (Sacramento, El Dorado And Placer Counties)
• Safe Eating Guidelines For Fish From Folsom Lake And Lake Natoma (Sacramento, El Dorado And Placer Counties)
  This version of the advice is easier to read on the web.  Alternatively, it may be printed on two pages or cut-and-pasted onto one page for printing.
  • Cambodian Language Guidelines
  • Russian Language Guidelines
  • Spanish Language Guidelines
  • Vietnamese Language Guidelines
• Tri-fold brochure - Safe Eating Guidelines For Fish From Folsom Lake And Lake Natoma (Sacramento, El Dorado And Placer Counties)
  This 2-page version of the brochure may be printed on the front and back of one page and folded into three panels.  Alternatively, the two pages could be printed on separate pages and then glued or taped together back to back and folded in the same manner.
  • Cambodian Language Guidelines
  • Russian Language Guidelines
  • Spanish Language Guidelines
  • Vietnamese Language Guidelines
• Executive Summary - Safe Eating Guidelines For Fish From Folsom Lake And Lake Natoma (Sacramento, El Dorado And Placer Counties)
• Press Release - Safe Eating Guidelines For Fish From Folsom Lake And Lake Natoma (Sacramento, El Dorado And Placer Counties).