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Washington State Toxics Monitoring Program: Toxic Contaminants in Fish Tissue and Surface Water in Freshwater Environments, 2002

 
Publication number Date Published
04-03-040September 2004
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Author(s) Seiders, K. and K. Kinney
Description During 2002, the Washington State Toxics Monitoring Program analyzed 12 samples of fish tissue from eight sites for a variety of toxic contaminants. PCBs and PCDD/Fs frequently exceeded criteria for the protection of human health while levels of DDT, dieldrin, and mercury showed fewer exceedances. Other contaminants found were chlordanes, hexachlorobenzene, pentachloroanisole, methoxychlor, and PBDEs.

Water samples from nine sites were analyzed for 115 pesticides; 17 pesticides were detected at low levels and low frequencies.

Recommendations include (1) evaluating potential human health risks from consumption of contaminated fish, and (2) placing six sites in Category 5 of Washington’s 303(d) list.
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Keywords recommendations, Washington State Toxics Monitoring Program, WRIA 61, WRIA 41, WRIA 12, WRIA 43, WRIA 28, tissue, toxics, toxics monitoring, surface water, contaminant, WRIA 55, fish, 303(d), water, chemical, monitoring, PBTs, freshwater
WEB PAGE Freshwater Fish Contaminant Monitoring Program
WATERSHED Water Resource Inventory Areas
(WRIA 01,WRIA 08,WRIA 12,WRIA 15,WRIA 18,WRIA 22,WRIA 24,WRIA 28,WRIA 41,WRIA 43,WRIA 45,WRIA 49,WRIA 54,WRIA 55,WRIA 56,WRIA 61)
DATA Environmental Information Management (EIM) #WSTMP02

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