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There are signs in Michigan’s Clark’s Marsh that caution hunters and anglers against eating the game or fish they harvest there.⁠ ⁠ Similar warnings are posted in Oregon’s Columbia Slough, which advise anglers to eat no more than one meal of fish from the area per month. Last fall, Maine told hunters in certain areas to throw out their venison and wild turkey. And this winter, New Mexico advised waterfowlers who’d eaten wild duck meat to visit their doctors immediately. The danger, according to public health experts and biologists, are so-called forever chemicals that can cause cancer. (These per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances are also commonly called PFAS.) And these forever chemicals are not just in parts of Michigan and Oregon. They’re everywhere. Experts are clear. Hunters and anglers should think twice before eating fish and game from areas with advisories. They also say that, outside those areas with warnings, there’s still a risk of consuming wild game contaminated with PFAS.⁠...

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