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Article: Illinois to test Lake Michigan smallmouth bass for PCBs
- Article from:
- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- January 27, 1998
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Smallmouth bass in Lake Michigan will be tested for possible PCB
contamination after a recent sampling of the game fish in harbors
along Chicago's south side showed unhealthy levels of the
cancer-causing chemical.
The hard-fighting smallmouth bass is very popular with anglers,
and word of the contamination concern comes as Illinois' conservation
agency moves to protect the fish with catch-and-release rules.
"If you can't keep them and eat them, it shouldn't be a problem,"
said Tim Schweizer, a spokesman for the state Department of Natural
Resources. "They are separate issues, but it mitigates a lot of
concern about that fish if people are just going to catch them for
sport."
Still, the ...