| Main Title |
Potential Health Hazards from Consumption of Fish Caught in Polluted Coastal Waters of Los Angeles County. |
| Author |
Puffer, H. W. ;
Duda, M. J. ;
Azen, S. P. ;
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| CORP Author |
University of Southern California, Los Angeles. School of Medicine.;Corvallis Environmental Research Lab., OR. |
| Year Published |
1982 |
| Report Number |
EPA-R-807120; EPA-600/J-82-383; |
| Stock Number |
PB84-102433 |
| Additional Subjects |
Food consumption ;
Hazards ;
Water pollution ;
California ;
Fishes ;
Coasts ;
Public health ;
Surveys ;
Reprints ;
Los Angeles County(California)
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| NTIS |
PB84-102433 |
Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. |
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07/26/2022 |
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| Collation |
8p |
| Abstract |
A survey was carried out in the Los Angeles metropolitan coastal area during 1980 to assess fishing activity and consumption rates of fish by sport fishermen at local sites which were pollution impacted. Among the 1059 anglers interviewed, 49% of them fish at least one time each week and, depending on species caught, between 67% and 97% of the anglers consume some or all of their fish. The most common species caught (one out of three) was the white croaker (Genyonemus lineatus). Because substantilly large quantities of the fish eaten were caught in area influenced by waste discharges, concern was expressed over possible health hazards to those fish consumers. |
