ADEQ lifts 24-year fish consumption advisory for Gila River, tributaries

The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality announced that it has lifted the consumption advisory for fish caught in the Gila River and its tributaries within and downstream of the Phoenix metropolitan area.

This includes 100 miles of streams and 286 acres of lakes. Fish caught from these waters are no longer unsafe to eat due to banned pesticides (DDT, chlordane or toxaphene).

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