Health officials in West Michigan have issued an advisory telling residents not to eat fish from four local bodies of water.
The warning from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) comes after high levels of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) were found in fish caught in the area.
The advisory from Wednesday, Sept. 10, applied to fish taken from the following water bodies:
Hopewell Indian Mounds Pond in Wyoming
Luvis Lake in Grandville
Porter Lake in Grandville
Spelman Lake at the Wyoming Clean Water Plant
Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian, the state’s chief medical executive, recommends no one eat fish listed as “Do Not Eat,” regardless of age or health.
“When these fish were tested, MDHHS found high levels of PFOS, and we want Michiganders to be aware that eating fish f