Contaminant exposure in Montrealers of Asian origin fishing the St. Lawrence River: Exploratory assessment

Journal Article · Mon Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1999 · Environmental Research

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1006/enrs.1998.3911· OSTI ID:355611

Kosatsky, T ^[1]; Przybysz, R; Shatenstein, B ^[1]; Weber, J P ^[2]; Armstrong, B ^[3]

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1. Montreal Public Health Program, Quebec (Canada)
2. Quebec Toxicology Center, Montreal, Quebec (Canada)
3. London School of Hygiene (United Kingdom)

Fishing and fish consumption are widely practiced among members of certain ethnocultural groups. Information assessment led them to ascribe high levels of consumption of locally caught sportfish to Montrealers of Asian origin and to hypothesize that their choices of species and fish organs differ from those of the majority group. An exploratory assessment of contaminant bioindicators reflective of St. Lawrence river fish consumption was conducted in late 1995 among nine Vietnamese and nine Bangladeshi Montreal sportfishers identified by community contacts. Vietnamese participants, six men and three women, were 27--70 years of age and had immigrated to Canada 3--20 years earlier. In contrast, the nine Bangladeshi males aged 28--41 years had been in Canada for 2--13 years. Bioindicator concentrations among Bangladeshi and Vietnamese participants are compared to those found for majority-community Montreal-area high-level consumers recruited on the St. Lawrence River during winter 1995.

• OSTI ID: 355611
• Report Number(s): CONF-9705313--
• Journal Information: Environmental Research, Journal Name: Environmental Research Journal Issue: 2Pt2 Vol. 80; ISSN ENVRAL; ISSN 0013-9351
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
56 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
APPLIED STUDIES
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
FISHES
FOOD CHAINS
HEALTH HAZARDS
MAN
ORIENTAL AMERICANS
POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS
QUEBEC
ST LAWRENCE RIVER
WATER POLLUTION