Title | Measuring Mercury Trends in Freshwater Fish in Washington State: 2005 Sampling Results |
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Measuring Mercury Trends in Freshwater Fish in Washington State: 2005 Sampling Results (Number of pages: 44) (Publication Size: 410KB)
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Author(s) | Furl, C., K. Seiders, D. Alkire, and C. Deligeannis | ||||
Description | Mercury levels were assessed in 60 fish for the first year of long-term monitoring of mercury in fish tissues across Washington State. Previous Department of Ecology studies identified elevated mercury levels which led to fish consumption advisories. This 2005 study found mercury levels to be within typical ranges (0 - 300 ppb) of previous fish tissue studies conducted within the state. Less than 10% of samples were above the EPA recommended criterion for mercury (300 ppb), and no samples were above the National Toxics Rule criterion for mercury (825 ppb). |
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Keywords | silver, WRIA 41, tissue, sampling, health, Spokane River, WRIA 57, fish, river, trend, chemical, toxic, mercury, lake, freshwater, chemical action plan | ||||
WEB PAGE | Mercury in fish tissue | ||||
WATERSHED | Water Resource Inventory Areas (WRIA 26,WRIA 37,WRIA 41,WRIA 54,WRIA 57,WRIA 59) |
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DATA | Environmental Information Management (EIM) #HgFish05 |
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