Press Releases

A state fish advisory issued today for Indian Valley Reservoir in Lake County provides safe eating advice for black bass species, Channel Catfish, Common Carp and sunfish species. 

The California Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) today issued a new statewide advisory that expands and updates advice for safely consuming sport fish from lakes and reservoirs throughout the state.

Updated state fish advisory for Stevens Creek Reservoir in Santa Clara County provides safe eating advice for black bass species, Common Carp, crappie species, and Sacramento Sucker.

A state fish advisory issued today for Senator Wash Reservoir in Imperial County provides safe eating advice for black bass species, Channel Catfish, Common Carp, Striped Bass, and Sunfish Species.

A state fish advisory issued today for Success Lake in Tulare County provides safe eating advice for black bass species, Common Carp, Rainbow Trout, and Threadfin Shad.

 A state report released today finds that consumption of synthetic food dyes can result in hyperactivity and other neurobehavioral problems in some children, and that children vary in their sensitivity to synthetic food dyes.

A state fish advisory issued today for Hensley Lake in Madera County provides safe eating advice for black bass species, catfish species, Common Carp, crappie species, and sunfish species.

An updated fish advisory for Silverwood Lake in San Bernardino County recommends no consumption of several of the nine fish species covered by the advisory, including new “do not eat” advice for bullhead species.

 State environmental officials released a draft update to California’s groundbreaking environmental justice tool, CalEnviroScreen, for public review and comment. The new draft version 4.0 updates the tool’s 20 existing pollution and vulnerability indicators with the latest data and improved methodology and adds a new indicator on children’s exposure to lead from housing. The new version also includes several other improvements to existing indicators that better capture pollution sources affecting Californians

A state fish advisory issued today recommends that no fish be consumed from Alamitos Creek, Almaden Lake, Almaden Reservoir, Calero Creek, Calero Reservoir, Guadalupe Creek, Guadalupe Reservoir, Guadalupe River, and associated percolation ponds, all located in Santa Clara County.