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| | ATSDR - PHA - Washington Navy Yard, Washington, District of Columbia |
 | | Washington Navy Yard (WNY), an active military facility, encompasses 63.3 acres of land in southeastern Washington, D.C. It lies on the Anacostia River in a heavily urbanized area with industrial, commercial, residential, and vacant properties in the immediate vicinity. |
 | | Washington, D.C., receives its drinking water from an area of the Potomac River, which is not impacted by the WNY sites, and is far upstream of the city. |
 | | The Washington, D.C. Department of Public Health issued an initial fish consumption advisory in 1989 and an updated advisory in 1994 that urges the general public not to eat catfish, carp, or eel and limit consumption of largemouth bass, sunfish, and other fish. |
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