Fish consumption and body burden of organochlorines among lower hudson urban anglers

Morland, Kimberly B.; Wolff, Mary S.; Bopp, Richard F.; Godbold, James; Landrigan, Philip J.

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“…We nevertheless observed a strong positive statistical association between these two variables. This association has been established in most published studies on the predictors of serum PCB levels (Agudo et al, 2009;Dewailly et al, 1988;Fitzgerald et al, 2007;Glynn et al, 2007;Ibarluzea et al, 2011;Morland et al, 2008;Nichols et al, 2007;Rylander et al 2012;Turyk et al, 2006). There are two main reasons behind these results: bioaccumulation potential of PCBs and birth cohort effect.…”

Section: Factors Contributing To Pcb Levels In the Study Samplementioning

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Study on polychlorobiphenyl serum levels in French consumers of freshwater fish

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Section: Factors Contributing To Pcb Levels In the Study Samplementioning

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Study on polychlorobiphenyl serum levels in French consumers of freshwater fish

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“…Researchers and government agencies have directed attention to urban anglers because of concerns that they could be exposed to contaminants, such as PCBs and mercury, through fish consumption . Urbanization is correlated with the presence of PCBs, and fish in urban waters may be more likely than fish in other waters to accumulate these contaminants .…”

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Effects of an Advisory Brochure on Fish Consumption of Urban Anglers in the Great Lakes Region

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Past research has suggested that urban anglers are a group at high risk of being exposed to contaminants from fish consumption. Fish consumption advisories have been used in many regions to encourage healthy fish-eating behaviors, but few studies have been designed to assess whether these advisories actually influence behavior as intended. We conducted a large-scale, randomized experiment to test the influence of an advisory brochure on urban anglers' fish consumption. We collected detailed information on anglers' fish consumption in three urban counties in the Great Lakes region in the summers of 2014 and 2015. We provided a treatment group with fish consumption guidelines in an advisory brochure before the summer of 2015 and compared their change in fish consumption to a control group. The brochure led to a reduction in fish consumption for anglers who ate the most fish; these anglers reduced their consumption of high-contaminant purchased fish (by ≥0.2 meals/summer for those in 72nd percentile of fish consumption or above), high-contaminant sport-caught fish (by ≥0.4 meals/summer for those in 87th percentile and above), and low-contaminant sport-caught fish (by ≥0.3 meals/summer by those in 76th percentile and above). The brochure also reduced sport-caught fish consumption among those anglers who exceeded the advisories in 2014 (by 2.0 meals/summer). In addition, the brochure led to small increases in sport-caught fish consumption (0.4-0.6 meals/summer) in urban anglers who ate very little sport-caught fish (≤1 meal/summer).

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Fish consumption and body burden of organochlorines among lower hudson urban anglers

Abstract: These findings suggest eating fish from the lower Hudson River and NY/NJ harbor is not associated with an increased body burden of PCBs or most other organochlorines.

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Study on polychlorobiphenyl serum levels in French consumers of freshwater fish

Study on polychlorobiphenyl serum levels in French consumers of freshwater fish

Effects of an Advisory Brochure on Fish Consumption of Urban Anglers in the Great Lakes Region

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