IDPH has issued a warning to not eat certain fish in southern Illinois.

A Do Not Eat advisory for largemouth bass caught in Campus Lake in Carbondale has been issued, citing elevated levels of PFAS.

The update is part of the state’s annual sport fish consumption advisories, which are based on testing conducted through the Illinois Fish Contaminant Monitoring Program. 

Guidance limiting consumption to no more than one meal per month was issued for various fish species in the following bodies of water: the Calumet River system, Campus Lake (Southern Illinois University – Carbondale), Chaminwood Lake, Chicago River system, Lake Calumet, Lake Zurich, Midlothian Reservoir, Monee Reservoir, Randolph County Lake, Waukegan South Harbor, and Wolf Lake.

A full list is available on the Illinois Department of Public Health website.