Human Biomonitoring to Optimize Fish Consumption Advice

Reducing Uncertainty When Evaluating Benefits and Risks

Bibliographic Data

ID11033110
AuthorsScott M Arnold (At the time this article was written, all the authors were with the Alaska Division of Public Health, Section of Epidemiology, Anchorage, Alaska.), Tracey V Lynn (At the time this article was written, all the authors were with the Alaska Division of Public Health, Section of Epidemiology, Anchorage, Alaska.), Lori A Verbrugge (0000-0002-3080-2157, At the time this article was written, all the authors were with the Alaska Division of Public Health, Section of Epidemiology, Anchorage, Alaska.), John P Middaugh (At the time this article was written, all the authors were with the Alaska Division of Public Health, Section of Epidemiology, Anchorage, Alaska.)
Year2005
Volume95
Issue3
Pages393-397
Publication date2005-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2004.042879
PMID15727965
PMCIDPMC1449190
OpenAlexW2076960883
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited19

National fish consumption advisories that are based solely on assessment of risk of exposure to contaminants without consideration of consumption benefits result in overly restrictive advice that discourages eating fish even in areas where such advice is unwarranted. In fact, generic fish advisories may have adverse public health consequences because of decreased fish consumption and substitution of foods that are less healthy. Public health is on the threshold of a new era for determining actual exposures to environmental contaminants, owing to technological advances in analytical chemistry. It is now possible to target fish consumption advice to specific at-risk populations by evaluating individual contaminant exposures and health risk factors. Because of the current epidemic of nutritionally linked disease, such as obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease, general recommendations for limiting fish consumption are ill conceived and potentially dangerous

Biology · Biomonitoring · Computer security · Consumption (sociology) · Environmental health · Fish · Fish <Actinopterygii> · Fish consumption · Fishery · Limiting · Pathology · Public health · Risk assessment · Computer Science · Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling · Ecology · Engineering · Fatty Acid Research and Health · Medicine · Nutritional Studies and Diet

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