Evaluation of Mercury Exposure Reduction through a Fish Consumption Advisory Program for Anishinaabe Tribal Members in Northern Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota
| Autor: | N. E. Kmiecik, J. A. Foran, M. J. Hudson, A. D. DeWeese |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Male Michigan Adolescent Article Subject Minnesota Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Wildlife Food Contamination Health Promotion Young Adult Wisconsin Environmental health parasitic diseases Animals Humans Child Health Education Aged Models Statistical Consumption practices business.industry lcsh:Public aspects of medicine Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Infant lcsh:RA1-1270 Environmental Exposure Environmental exposure Methylmercury Compounds Middle Aged Food safety Fish consumption MERCURY EXPOSURE Diet Geography Health promotion Seafood Perches Child Preschool Indians North American Female Health education business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Environmental and Public Health, Vol 2010 (2010) Journal of Environmental and Public Health |
| ISSN: | 1687-9805 |
| DOI: | 10.1155/2010/802584 |
| Popis: | The Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission has an extensive program to inform Anishinaabe tribal members from northern Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota who harvest and consume walleye about the health risks of consuming these fish, and to encourage harvest and consumption practices that reduce exposure to MeHg. We report here the results of a probabilistic analysis of exposure to methyl mercury (MeHg) among tribal members who consume walleye. The model predicts that the potential for greatest exposures to MeHg occur among women of child-bearing age and children who consume large walleye from lakes that contain heavily contaminated (MeHg concentration>0.5 mg/kg) fish. The analysis allows GLIFWC to evaluate, focus, and fine-tune its initiatives to protect the health of tribal members in ways that result in exposure and risk reduction for tribal harvesters, women of child-bearing age, and children, while maintaining important tribal lifeways, which include the harvest and consumption of walleye. |
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