title: Decisional inconsistencies in the management of contaminated, sport-caught fish.
abstract: Persistent toxic pollutants such as polychlorinated biphenyls and mercury accumulate in tissues of fish that are caught and consumed by sport anglers and their families. Unlike commercially-sold fish, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not regulate sport-caught fish that are contaminated with these and other pollutants. Instead, nearly every state in the U.S. develops and issues consumption advice for contaminated sport-caught fish. We examined fish consumption advice issued by states that border and share waters of the Mississippi River. Our examination identified numerous jurisdictional inconsistencies that threaten the receptivity and credibility of consumption advice and, more important, threaten the health of individuals who consume contaminated sport-caught fish.
authors.affiliation: University of Memphis, School of Public Health, USA.
authors.forename: Jeffery A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Foran
authors.affiliation: University of Memphis, School of Public Health, USA.
authors.forename: Chunrong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jia
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D054626:Consumer Health Information / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D003657:Decision Making; D005399:Fishes; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000379:methods; D045483:Rivers / Q000737:chemistry; D013177:Sports; D013219:State Government; D014481:United States; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical