CHP Barrington OB/GYN Welcomes New Physician

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GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Yi-Lo Yu, MD, has joined the medical staff at CHP Barrington OB/GYN.
 
She practiced most recently as an OB/GYN hospitalist at Mercy Medical Center in Springfield and Heywood Hospital in Gardner, MA. She has also practiced as a generalist, specializing in minimally invasive surgery, at Holyoke Medical Group Women's Services and RiverBend Medical Group in the Greater Springfield area. She has also served as adjunct faculty at Quinnipiac University, New England Medical School, and Baystate/Tufts Medical School. 
 
A graduate of the University of Minnesota Medical School, Yu completed her residency at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine's Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, covering Hartford Hospital, The Hospital of Central Connecticut, and John Dempsey Hospital, as well as Connecticut Children's Hospital. 
 
Yu earned her bachelor's in psychology and neuroscience and behavior, and her master's degree in neuroscience and behavior from Wesleyan University.  
 
During the Covid-19 pandemic, she was the supervising director of Mobile Mamas, a telehealth program for pregnant women. She is now a consultant for Maven Clinic, a women's telehealth service, and she is a medical editor of the Maven Clinic website. 
 
During her medical education, she received numerous academic honors and fellowship appointments, and she has published research on topics in neurology, melanoma and memory recovery. She is board certified by the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 

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Elevated Mercury Level Found in Center Pond Fish

BECKET, Mass. — The state Department of Public Health has issued an advisory after a mercury-contaminated fish was found in Center Pond. 
 
According to a letter sent to the local Board of Health from the Division of Environmental Toxicology, Hazard Assessment and Prevention, elevated levels of mercury were measured in the sample taken from the pond. 
 
The concentration in the fish exceeded DPH's action level of 0.5 milligrams per kilogram, or parts per million. 
 
"This indicates that daily consumption of fish from the waterbody may pose a health concern. Therefore, DPH has issued a FCA for Center Pond recommending that sensitive populations should not eat chain pickerel and all other people should limit consumption of chain pickerel to 2 meals/month," the letter states.
 
The letter specifically points to chain pickerel, but the 60-acre pond also has largemouth and smallmouth bass and yellow perch.
 
The "sensitive populations" include children younger than 12, those who are nursing, pregnant, or who may become pregnant.
 
The Toxicology Division recommends reducing intake of "large, predatory fish" or fish that feed on the bottoms of waterbodies, such as largemouth bass and carp. More information on safely eating fish can be found here
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