Are Fish Consumption Advisories for the Great Lakes Adequately Protective from Chemical Mixture?

Conclusions: Improvements in the advisories may be needed to ensure that the health of humans consuming fish from the Great Lakes is protected. In this region, total PCB and mercury are the major contaminants causing restriction on consuming fish, while dioxins/furans, toxaphene and mirex/photomirex are of a minor concern. Regular monitoring of most organochlorine pesticides and metals in fish can be discontinued. This EHP Advance Publication article has been peer-reviewed, revised, and accepted for publication. EHP Advance Publication articles are completely citable using the DOI number assigned to the article. This document will be replaced with the copyedited and formatted version as soon as it is available. Through the DOI number used in the citation, you will be able to access this document at each stage of the publication process. Citation: Gandhi N, Drouillard KG, Arhonditsis GB, Gewurtz SB, Bhavsar SP. Are Fish Consumption Advisories for the Great Lakes Adequately Protective from Chemical Mixture? Environ Health Perspect; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/EHP104 Received: 21 March 2016 Revised: 24 June 2016 Accepted: 12 July 2016 Published: 4 October 2016 Note to readers with disabilities: EHP strives to ensure that all journal content is accessible to all readers. However, some figures and Supplemental Material published in EHP articles may not conform to 508 standards due to the complexity of the information being pres...
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