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New stricter dietary advice is proposed for how much fish one should eat from Storsjön in Jämtland. The reason is that high levels of environmental toxins have been found in the fish.
Since before, perch and pike caught in Storsjön around Frösön and in Lillsjön should not be eaten more than two to three times a year. But after new analyses, the county administration wants to expand the dietary advice to apply to the entire Storsjön and more fish species, local media reports.
High levels of PFAS chemicals, the pesticide PCB, dioxins and mercury have been found in the fish. However, the levels are at or just below the limit values, the county administrative board points out.
– We take the safe before the unsafe, says Jens Fuchs, head of the water unit at the county administrative board, to Östersundsposten.
According to the new dietary advice, perch, pike, whitefish and grayling caught around Frösön and Lillsjön should not be eaten more often than two to three times a year. Trout and Canadian trout should not be eaten more often than once a week, and pregnant women and children and young people should not eat these fish more than a couple of times a year.
– If you look at mercury, you can see that it can affect the central nervous system, among other things. Dioxins and PCBs are linked to hormonal disorders and can affect reproduction, says water officer Anna Lövholm to P4 Jämtland.