Information & Advisories
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA): Safe Eating Guidelines offering site specific advice. Statewide advice is offered in the following two OEHHA documents:
- Statewide Lakes and Reservoirs without site specific advice – OEHHA Safe Eating Guidelines: http://oehha.ca.gov/fish/special_reports/advisorylakesres.html
- Anadromous Fish Statewide Rivers and streams without site specific advice – OEHHA Safe Eating Guidelines: http://oehha.ca.gov/fish/special_reports/pdf/AnadromousSppAdvisory.pdf
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: National fish consumption advice of store-bough fish for women of childbearing age and children
Environmental Health Investigations Branch Ca. Dept. of Health Services
U.S. Food and Drug Administration: 1-800-SAFEFOOD
Environmental Health Investigations Branch Ca. Dept. of Health Services
Cal EPA Dept. of Toxics Substances Control
Got Mercury?: Mercury Calculator
State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) impaired Water Bodies: Follow link to maps
Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP) / B.O.G Data Portal: The SWAMP has been taking samples from bodies of water all over California to find the concentrations of Mercury to fish in different areas.
2010 Clean Water Act Section 303 (d) and 305 (b) Integrated Report: Follow the links in the SWRCB website.
If you find toxins in your home contact:
1-800-CLEANUP (1-800-253-2687)
http://ccelearn.csus.edu/mercurylamp/content/resources5.htm
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