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State regulators are reviving a program to test the mercury levels of fish caught in Louisiana waters, providing consumers with updated warnings for the first time since 2008.

Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality staff in January will begin taking a fresh look at fish in waters put on a contamination advisory list before the state stopped testing.

The four-year, $1.5 million program will start in southwest Louisiana, with about 50 sites expected to be tested in each region each year.

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