Watsonville, Calif. (AP) – Pinto Lake anglers are being warned not to eat their catch because fish in the 80-acre Watsonville lake are contaminated with unsafe levels of DDT, a pesticide banned more than three decades ago. The high dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, or DDT, levels were detected in carp during a two-year study of California lakes. Water […]
Anglers warned Pinto Lake fish unsafe to eat
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