Fish consumption habits and body burden levels of chlorinated hydrocarbons in Wisconsin sport fishermen

Conference · · Archives of Environmental Health; (USA)

OSTI ID:5181863

Jones, V B; Anderson, H A; Hanrahan, L P; Olson, L J ^[1]

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1. Wisconsin Div. of Health, Madison (USA)

In 1985, 1% (1,600) of the 1984 fishing license holders from 10 Wisconsin counties were selected randomly to participate in a study of fishing and fish consumption habits and their relation to body burden of PCBs and DDE. Of the 801 who responded to a mail survey, 245 (30%) fished on Lake Michigan. The mean number of sport-caught fish meals eaten in 1984 was 20 meals/person. Seventy-three pounds was the mean for fish caught and kept for eating by family members in 1984, with a range of 0 to 1,470 pounds. Perch was the most commonly caught fish from Lake Michigan and Lake Superior. Data indicate sport fishermen are following the health advisory suggestions for fishing and sport caught fish meal preparation to reduce accumulation of these compounds. Eighty-five percent of respondents were familiar with the health advisory, and 57% of them either changed their fishing or fish consumption habits. All 317 respondents who consumed potentially contaminated fish and a stratified sample of 155 consumers of noncontaminated fish were asked to donate a blood sample for serum analysis of PCBs and DDE. A total of 198 blood samples were collected. The use of capillary column GC analytic procedure allowed for PCB congener specific detection at 0.6 ppb. The most commonly identified PCB congeners were: 2,2',3,4,4',5' hexachlorobiphenyl; 2,2',4,4'5,5' hexachlorobiphenyl; and 2,2'3,4,4',5,5' heptachlorobiphenyl. The mean sum of identified PCBs congeners was 2.04 ppb, with a range of 0 to 27.1 ppb. The mean DDE level was 6.55 ppb with a range of 0 to 40 ppb.

• OSTI ID: 5181863
• Report Number(s): CONF-8706410-; CODEN: AEHLA
• Journal Information: Archives of Environmental Health; (USA), Vol. 43:2; Conference: 1. international symposium on environmental epidemiology, Pittsburgh, PA (USA), 3-5 Jun 1987; ISSN 0003-9896
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION
EPIDEMIOLOGY
FISHES
CONTAMINATION
HUMAN POPULATIONS
BLOOD
BODY BURDEN
CHRONIC EXPOSURE
DIET
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE
INGESTION
LAKE MICHIGAN
RECOMMENDATIONS
SAMPLING
WATER POLLUTION
WISCONSIN
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
AROMATICS
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BODY FLUIDS
FEDERAL REGION V
GREAT LAKES
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
INTAKE
LAKES
MATERIALS
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POPULATIONS
SURFACE WATERS
USA
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560300* - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology
552000 - Public Health