Information about Estuaries and Near Coastal Watersoctober 2001-Issue 11. 5

By Environmental Protection Agency

Book Id: WPLBN0000136622
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 0.8 MB
Reproduction Date: 2007

Title:	Information about Estuaries and Near Coastal Watersoctober 2001-Issue 11. 5
Author:	Environmental Protection Agency
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Language:	English
Subject:	Ecology, Natural resource issues, Environemtal protection
Collections:	Environmental Awareness Library Collection
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Publisher:	United States Environmental Protection Agency


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Description
Excerpt: Elevated levels of contaminants in fish from San Francisco Bay have raised concerns for bay anglers who consume these fish regularly. High levels of mercury and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in bay fish led the state Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment to issue a health advisory in 1994 recommending that individuals limit their bay fish consumption and suggesting ways to prepare and eat bay fish that lessen chemical exposure. To learn more about San Francisco Bay anglers and their potential exposure to chemicals in bay fish, the San Francisco Estuary Regional Monitoring Program and California Department of Health Services sponsored a survey of San Francisco Bay anglers and their fish consumption habits.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents San Francisco Conducts Bay Seafood Consumption Study Preventing Bioinvasions in Australia Balancing Coastal Public Access and Wildlife Habitat Needs The Future of the Graviota CoastSouthern California's Last Coast Where Did All The Grass Go?Sudden Marsh Loss in Jamaica Bay, New York EPA Makes Grants Available to States for Beach Monitoring Programs