Fish Advisory Program
A Good Idea
Description
The EPA's Fish Advisory Program is a program that offers brochures on mercury in fish and shellfish in several languages. The program also provides links to state, tribal and local fish advisories involving mercury, PCBs, chlordane, dioxins, and DDT, and has implemented an outreach effort to the U.S. medical community about fish safety.
Goal / Mission
The goal of this program is to establish a national consistency in the methods, protocols, and approaches to developing and managing noncommercial fish and wildlife consumption advisories. Fish consumption advisories are issued to warn consumers of unsafe levels of chemical contaminants in noncommercial fish and wildlife.
Results / Accomplishments
The fish health and safety information is available on the project's website.
About this Promising Practice
Organization(s)
US Environmental Protection Agency
Primary Contact
Jeff Bigler
US EPA
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW (4305T)
Washington, DC 20460
(202) 566-0389
bigler.Jeff@epa.gov
http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/fish/
US EPA
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW (4305T)
Washington, DC 20460
(202) 566-0389
bigler.Jeff@epa.gov
http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/fish/
Topics
Environmental Health / Wildlife
Health / Food Safety
Environmental Health / Toxins & Contaminants
Health / Food Safety
Environmental Health / Toxins & Contaminants
Organization(s)
US Environmental Protection Agency
Date of publication
2006
Location
USA