Significance of toxaphene in Great Lakes fish consumption advisories
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Article history: Received 5 April 2013 Accepted 8 December 2013 Available online 10 February 2014 Communicated by Dr. Erik Christensen
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POTENTIAL FOR HUMAN EXPOSURE TO TOXAPHENE THROUGH CONSUMPTION OF GREAT LAKES FISH Prepared for the Great Lakes Consortium by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services
Concerns have been raised about the presence of the bioaccumulating pesticide toxaphene in the tissues of Great Lakes fish. Toxaphene, banned in the U.S. since 1990, is an environmentally persistent chlorinated hydrocarbon mixture of over 670 chemical congeners. Current fish consumption advisories issued in the Great Lakes states focus on concentrations of PCBs and mercury in fish. The Great La...
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