Safe to Eat Workgroup Relevant Literature
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Title (Sortable) |
Publisher (Sortable) |
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| 2024 | United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) | Blood Methylmercury and Fish Consumption Among People of Childbearing Age in the General U.S. Population | United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) |
| 2024 | Becker R. | 'Dirty Delta': California's largest estuary is in crisis. Is the state discriminating against people who fish there? | CalMatters |
| 2024 | Díaz Vázquez J., McCullough I. M., Haite M., Soranno P. A., Cheruvelil K. S. | US lakes are monitored disproportionately less in communities of color | Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment |
| 2024 | Bouteiller P., Biré R., Foss A. J., Guérin T., Lance E. | Analysis of total microcystins by Lemieux oxidation and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry in fish and mussels tissues: Optimization and comparison of protocols | Science of The Total Environment |
| 2024 | Ramey A. M., McKeeman C. M., Petrou E. L., Menning D. M., Russ O. L., López, J. A. | Environmental DNA as a tool for better understanding the distribution, abundance, and health of Atlantic Salmon and Pacific Salmon | Fisheries |
| 2024 | Brambilla G. | Safe and sustainable fish and seafood system and per- and poly-fluorinated substances occurrence: the role of PFAS toxicity in the assessment. | Environmental Science and Pollution Research |
| 2023 | Dai M.Q., Geyman B.M., Hu X.C., Thackray C.P., Sunderland E.M. | Sociodemographic Disparities in Mercury Exposure from United States Coal-Fired Power Plants | Environmental Science & Technology Letters |
| 2024 | Langberg H. A., Breedveld G. D., Kallenborn R., Ali A. M., Choyke S., McDonough C. A., Higgins C. P., Jenssen B. M., Jartun M., Allan I., Hamers T., Hale S. E. | Human exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) via the consumption of fish leads to exceedance of safety thresholds | Environment International |
| 2024 | Oaks B. M., Gyimah E. A., Kleban E., Ragsdale K., Iannotti L. L. | Mollusc and crustacean consumption in the first 1000 days: a scoping review | Nutrition Research Reviews |
| 2024 | Petali J. M., Pulster E. L., McCarthy C., Pickard H. M., Sunderland E. M., Bangma J., Carignan C. C., Robuck A., Crawford K. A., Romano M. E., Lohmann R., von Stackelburg K. | Considerations and challenges in support of science and communication of fish consumption advisories for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances | Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management |
| 2024 | Wadle A., Neal-Walthall N., Ndu U., Hsu-Kim H. | Distribution and homogenization of multiple mercury species inputs to freshwater wetland mesocosms | Environmental Science & Technology |
| 2024 | Tansel B. | Geographical characteristics that promote persistence and accumulation of PFAS in coastal waters and open seas: Current and emerging hot spots | Environmental Challenges |
| 2023 | Simpson A. M., Nutile S. A., Hodgson O. C., Russell A. E., Keyes J. D., Wood C. C., Buckanovich R. J. | Evaluating the trophic transfer of PCBs from fish to humans: Insights from a synergism of environmental monitoring and physiologically-based pharmacokinetic modeling | Environmental Pollution |
| 2024 | Campbell K. S., Brandt J. E., Ayers S. A., Stapcinskaite S., Perkins C. R., Provatas A. A. | Quantification of PFAS in Oyster Tissue Using a Rapid QuEChERS Extraction Followed by UPLC-MS/MS Analysis | Analytical Letters |
| 2024 | La Guardia M. J., Mainor T. M., Luellen D. R., Harvey E., Hale R. C. | Twenty years later: PBDEs in fish from U.S. sites with historically extreme contamination | Chemosphere |
| 2024 | Lowitt K., Francis A., Gunther L., Madison B. N., McGaughey L., Echendu A., Kaur M., Roussel K. A., St Pierre Z., Weppler A. | Governing for transboundary environmental justice: a scientific and policy analysis of fish consumption advisory programs in the Upper St Lawrence River | FACETS |
| 2024 | Sasaki N., Jones L. E., Carpenter D. O. | Fish consumption and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids from diet are positively associated with cognitive function in older adults even in the presence of exposure to lead, cadmium, selenium, and methylmercury: a cross-sectional study using NHANES 2011–2014 data | The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition |
| 2024 | Levanduski E., Richter W., Becker J., Hassanzadeh Y., Razavi N. R. | Two for the price of one: deriving Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) fillet and whole-body conversion equations in fish | Environmental Science & Technology Letters |
| 2024 | Puglis H. J., Iacchetta M. | Toxicity of wildland fire retardants to rainbow trout in short exposures | Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry |
| 2023 | Bedi M., Sapozhnikova Y., Taylor R. B., Ng C. | Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) measured in seafood from a cross-section of retail stores in the United States | Journal of Hazardous Materials |
| 2023 | Melnyk L.J., Lazorchak J.M., Kusnierz D.H., Perlman G. D., Lin J., Venkatapathy R., Sundaravadivelu D., Thorn J., Durant J., Pugh K., Stover M. A. | One Health assessment of persistent organic chemicals and PFAS for consumption of restored anadromous fish | Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology |
| 2023 | Morrison E. B., Pappani J., Prouty A., McChesney H. M., Anderson P.D. | Inorganic arsenic concentration in fish governed by trophic level and size, not water concentration: implications for human health water quality criteria. | Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry |
| 2023 | Willacker J. J., Eagles-Smith C. A., Chandler J. A., Naymik J., Myers R., Krabbenhoft D. P. | Reservoir stratification modulates the influence of impoundments on fish mercury concentrations along an arid land river system | Environmental Science & Technology |
| 2023 | United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) | National Rivers and Streams Assessment (NRSA): The Third Collaborative Survey (2018-19) Interactive Dashboard | United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) |
| 2023 | Lepak J. M., Johnson B. M., Hooten M. B., Wolff B. A., Hansen A. G. | Predicting sport fish mercury contamination in heavily managed reservoirs: Implications for human and ecological health | PLoS ONE |
| 2023 | Bourne K., Curtis A. N., Chipman J., Chen C. Y., Borsuk M. E. | Patterns of co-contamination in freshwater and marine fish of the Northeastern USA | Environmental Modeling & Assessment |
| 2023 | Piro A. J., Taipale S. J., Laiho H. M., Eerola E. S., Kahilainen K. K. | Fish muscle mercury concentration and bioaccumulation fluctuate year-round - Insights from cyprinid and percid fishes in a humic boreal lake | Environmental Research |
| 2023 | Norman H. | 'Forever chemicals' found in freshwater fish, yet most states don't warn residents | KFF Health News |
| 2023 | DeLuca N. M., Mullikin A., Brumm P., Rappold A. G., Hubal E. C. | Using geospatial data and Random Forest to predict PFAS contamination in fish tissue in the Columbia River Basin, United States | Environmental Science & Technology |
| 2023 | Lu H., Zhou J. Y., Yang F., Wang B. L., Cheng Z. W., Shen Z. M., Yuan T. | Ecological toxic effect of Perfluorinated compounds on fish based on meta-analysis | Europe PMC |
| 2023 | Hamid N., Junaid M., Manzoor R., Sultan M., Chuan O. M., Wang J. | An integrated assessment of ecological and human health risks of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances through toxicity prediction approaches | Science of The Total Environment |
| 2023 | Amerizadeh A., Gholizadeh M., Karimi R. | Meta-analysis and health risk assessment of toxic heavy metals in muscles of commercial fishes in Caspian Sea. | Environmental Monitoring and Assessment |
| 2023 | Fortes W. M. P. A., Costa Souza L., Azevedo V. C., Griboff J., Monferrán M. V., Wunderlin D. A., Matsumoto S. T., Fernandes M. N. | Metal/metalloid bioconcentration dynamics in fish and the risk to human health due to water contamination with atmospheric particulate matter from a metallurgical industrial area | Science of The Total Environment |
| 2023 | de Pinho J. V., Lopes A. P., de Almeida Rodrigues P., Gomes Ferrari R., Hauser-Davis R. A., Conte-Junior C. A. | Food safety concerns on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contamination in fish products from estuarine bays throughout the American continent | Science of The Total Environment |
| 2023 | Chen Z., Zhan X., Zhang J., Diao J., Su C., Sun Q., Zhou Y., Zhang L., Bi R., Ye M., Wang T. | Bioaccumulation and risk mitigation of legacy and novel perfluoroalkyl substances in seafood: Insights from trophic transfer and cooking method | Environment International |
| 2023 | Brown A. S., Yun X., McKenzie E. R., Heron C. G., Field J. A., Salice C. J. | Spatial and temporal variability of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in environmental media of a small pond: toward an improved understanding of PFAS bioaccumulation in fish | Science of The Total Environment |
| 2023 | Li Y., Yao J., Pan Y., Dai J., Tang J. | Trophic behaviors of PFOA and its alternatives perfluoroalkyl ether carboxylic acids (PFECAs) in a coastal food web | Journal of Hazardous Materials |
| 2021 | Skafi M., Vo Duy S., Munoz G., Dinh Q. T., Simon D. F., Juneau P., Sauvé, S. | Occurrence of microcystins, anabaenopeptins and other cyanotoxins in fish from a freshwater wildlife reserve impacted by harmful cyanobacterial blooms | Toxicon |
| 2020 | Bjorke-Monsen A., Varsi K., Averina M., Brox J., Huber S. | Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and mercury in never-pregnant women of fertile age: association with fish consumption and unfavorable lipid profile | BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health |
| 2015 | Hardy F. J., Johnson A., Hamel K., Preece E. | Cyanotoxin bioaccumulation in freshwater fish, Washington State, USA | Environmental Monitoring and Assessment |
| 2023 | Bechard A., Lang C. | Seafood consumption during harmful algal blooms: the impact of information regarding safety and health | Harmful Algae |
| 2023 | George S. E., Baker T. R., Baker B. B. | Nonlethal detection of PFAS bioaccumulation and biomagnification within fishes in an urban- and wastewater-dominant Great Lakes watershed | Environmental Pollution |
| 2023 | Kolanczyk R.C., Saley M.R., Serrano J.A., Daley S.M., Tapper M.A. | PFAS biotransformation pathways: a species comparison study | Toxics |
| 2023 | Soerensen A. L., Faxneld S., Pettersson M., Sköld M. | Fish tissue conversion factors for mercury, cadmium, lead and nine per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances for use within contaminant monitoring | Science of The Total Environment |
| 2023 | Talley T.S., Loflen C., Venuti N., Pedersen D., Gossett R., Baker M.D. | Contaminant risk and social vulnerability associated with crustacean shellfish harvest in the highly urbanized San Diego Bay, USA | Environments |
| 2018 | Loflen C. L., Buck T., Bonnema A., Heim W. A. | Pollutant bioaccumulation in the California spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus) in San Diego Bay, California, and potential human health implications | Marine Pollution Bulletin |
| 2023 | Basu N., Bastiansz A., Dórea J. G., Fujimura M., Horvat M., Shroff E., Weihe P., Zastenskaya I. | Our evolved understanding of the human health risks of mercury | Ambio |
| 2023 | Alemayehu D., Rudra P., Mathews S., Douglas E., Regnier C. | Assessment of Mercury Concentrations in Water and Fish Tissue Analysis in Kaw Lake, Oklahoma, 2022 | Journal of Environmental Protection |
| 2023 | Shahmohamadloo R. S., Bhavsar S. P., Ortiz Almirall X., Marklevitz S. A. C., Rudman S. M., Sibley P. K. | Lake Erie fish safe to eat yet afflicted by algal hepatotoxin | Science of The Total Environment |
| 2023 | Yun X., Lewis A. J., Stevens-King G., Sales C. M., Spooner D. E., Kurz M. J., Suri R., McKenzie E. R | Bioaccumulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances by freshwater benthic macroinvertebrates: impact of species and sediment organic carbon content | Science of The Total Environment |
| 2023 | Barbo N., Stoiber T., Naidenko O. V., Andrews D. Q. | Locally caught freshwater fish across the United States are likely a significant source of exposure to PFOS and other perfluorinated compounds | Environmental Research |
| 2022 | Connelly N. A., Lauber T. B., Knuth B. A. | Preferences for seafood consumption advice in pregnant American women | Environmental Research |
| 2018 | Dellinger M. J., Olson J., Clark R., Pingatore N., Ripley M. P. | Development and pilot testing of a model to translate risk assessment data for Great Lakes Native American communities using mobile technology | Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal |
| 2019 | Dellinger M. J., Lyons M., Clark R., Olson J., Pingatore N., Ripley M. | Culturally adapted mobile technology improves environmental health literacy in Laurentian, Great Lakes Native Americans (Anishinaabeg) | Journal of Great Lakes Research |
| 2020 | Dellinger M. J., Anguzu R., Pingatore N., Ripley M. | Risk-benefit modeling to guide health research in collaboration with Great Lakes fish consuming Native American communities | Journal of Great Lakes Research |
| 2022 | Love D. C., Thorne-Lyman A. L., Conrad Z., Gephart J. A., Asche F., Godo-Solo D., McDowell A., Nussbaumer E. M., Bloem M. W. | Affordability influences nutritional quality of seafood consumption among income and race/ethnicity groups in the United States | The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition |
| 2022 | Pickard H. M., Ruyle B. J., Thackray C. P., Chovancova A., Dassuncao C., Becanova J., Vojta S., Lohmann R., Sunderland E. M. | PFAS and precursor bioaccumulation in freshwater recreational fish: implications for fish advisories | Environmental Science & Technology |
| 2022 | Pulster E. L., Rullo K., Gilbert S., Ash T. M., Goetting B., Campbell K., Markham S., Murawski S. A. | Assessing Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in sediments and fishes in a large, urbanized estuary and the potential human health implications | Frontiers in Marine Science |
| 2022 | Stahl L. L., Snyder B. D., McCarty H. B., Kincaid T. M., Olsen A. R., Cohen T. R., Healey J.C. | Contaminants in fish from U.S. rivers: probability-based national assessments | Science of the Total Environment |
| 2022 | Weinstein J. E., Ertel B. M., Gray A. D. | Accumulation and depuration of microplastic fibers, fragments, and tire particles in the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica: A toxicokinetic approach | Environmental Pollution |
| 2022 | Cara B., Lies T., Thimo G., Robin L., Lieven B. | Bioaccumulation and trophic transfer of perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) in marine biota from the Belgian North Sea: Distribution and human health risk implications | Environmental Pollution |
| 2023 | Sun T., Ji C., Li F., Wu H. | Beyond the exposure phase: Microplastic depuration and experimental implications | Science of The Total Environment |
| 2022 | Chen Y., Shen Z., Li G., Wang K., Cai X., Xiong X., Wu C. | Factors affecting microplastic accumulation by wild fish: A case study in the Nandu River, South China | Science of The Total Environment |
| 1996 | James Allen M., Velez P. V., Diehl D. W., McFadden S. E., Keish, M. | Demographic variability in seafood consumption rates among recreational anglers of Santa Monica Bay, California, in 1991-1992 | Fishery Bulletin |
| 2001 | Environmental Health Investigations Branch, California Department of Health Services, Impact Assessment, Incorporated | San Francisco Bay seafood consumption report Executive Summary |
San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) |
| 2004 | CIC Research, Inc., Stratus Consulting, Inc. | A survey on recreational and subsistence fishing in Southern California coastal waters | United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) |
| 2005 | Garcia E., Carignan R. | Mercury concentrations in fish from forest harvesting and fire‐impacted Canadian Boreal lakes compared using stable isotopes of nitrogen | Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry: An International Journal |
| 2005 | Allen E. W., Prepas E. E., Gabos S., Strachan W. M., Zhang W. | Methyl mercury concentrations in macroinvertebrates and fish from burned and undisturbed lakes on the Boreal Plain | Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences |
| 2006 | Kelly E. N., Schindler D. W., Louis V. L. S., Donald D. B. and Vladicka K. E. | Forest fire increases mercury accumulation by fishes via food web restructuring and increased mercury inputs | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) |
| 2008 | James Allen M., Jarvis E. T., Raco-Rands V., Lyon G., Reyes J. A., Petschauer, D. M. | Extent of fishing and fish consumption by fishers in Ventura and Los Angeles country watersheds in 2005 | Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP) |
| 2009 | Woodruff L. G., Sandheinrich M. B., Brigham M. E., Cannon W. F. | Impact of wildfire on levels of mercury in forested watershed systems – Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota | United States Geological Survey (USGS) |
| 2010 | Pomeroy C., Thomson C. J., Stevens M. M. | California’s North Coast Fishing Communities Historical Perspective and Recent Trends | California Sea Grant College Program |
| 2010 | Prendergast L., Foster K. | Analysis of microcystin in fish in Copco and Iron Gate Reservoirs in 2009 | PacifiCorp Energy |
| 2010 | Shilling F., White A., Lippert L., Lubell M. | Contaminated fish consumption in California’s Central Valley Delta | Environmental Research |
| 2011 | The Sierra Fund | Gold Country angler survey: a pilot study to assess mercury exposure from sport fish consumption in the Sierra Nevada Executive Summary |
The Sierra Fund |
| 2014 | Shilling F., Negrette A., Biondini L., Cardenas S. | California Tribes Fish-Use | State Water Resources Control Board |
| 2016 | Moreno C. E., Fjeld E., Lydersen E. | The effects of wildfire on mercury and stable isotopes (δ15N, δ13C) in water and biota of small boreal, acidic lakes in southern Norway | Environmental Monitoring and Assessment |
| 2017 | Riggs C. E., Kolka R. K., Nater E. A., Witt E. L., Wickman T. R., Woodruff L. G., Butcher J. T. | Yellow perch (Perca flavescens) mercury unaffected by wildland fires in northern Minnesota | Journal of Environment Quality |
| 2017 | Steinberg S. J., Moore S. | San Diego Bay fish consumption study: identifying fish consumption patterns of anglers in San Diego Bay | Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP) |
| 2018 | Kalt J., Taylor R. | Mercury testing of sport/food fishes within Humboldt Bay | Humboldt Baykeeper |
| 2018 | Seelos M. | Santa Clara County Angler Survey | Santa Clara Valley Water District |
| 2020 | Mason E. T., Kellum A. N., Chiu J. A., Waltz G. T., Murray S., Wendt D. E., Starr R. M., Semmens B. X. | Long-term participation in collaborative fisheries research improves angler opinions on marine protected areas | PeerJ |
| 2020 | Gerson J. R., Walters D. M., Eagles-Smith C. A., Bernhardt E. S., Brandt J. E. | Do Two Wrongs Make a Right? Persistent Uncertainties Regarding Environmental Selenium –Mercury Interactions | Environmental Science & Technology |
| 2021 | Hebert C. E., Chételat J., Beck R., Dolgova S., Fordy K., Kirby P., Martin P., Rabesca M. | Inter-annual variation of mercury in aquatic bird eggs and fish from a large subarctic lake under a warming climate | Science of the Total Environment |
| 2021 | McLaughlin K., Davis J., Bonnema A., Du B., Ichikawa G., Jakl W., Heim W., Schiff K. | Regional assessment of contaminant bioaccumulation in sport fish tissue in the Southern California Bight, USA | Marine Pollution Bulletin |
| 2022 | Sundaravadivelu D., Sanan T. T., Venkatapathy R., Mash H., Tettenhorst D., DAnglada L., Frey S., Tatters A. O., Lazorchak J. | Determination of Cyanotoxins and Prymnesins in Water, Fish Tissue, and Other Matrices: A Review | Toxins |
| 2022 | Huntsman B. M., Mahardja B., Bashevkin, S. M. | Relative Bias in Catch Among Long-Term Fish Monitoring Surveys Within the San Francisco Estuary | San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science |
| 2022 | Zhang L., Du S., Liu D., Dong D., Zhang W., Guo Z. | Antibiotics in fish caught from ice-sealed waters: spatial and species variations, tissue distribution, bioaccumulation, and human health risk | Science of The Total Environment |
| 2022 | Azevedo L. S., Pestana I. A., Nascimento L., Oliveira R. C., Bastos W. R., di Beneditto A. P. M. | Risk of exposure to Hg and pesticides residues in a traditional fishing community in the Amazon: a probabilistic approach based on dietary pattern | Environmental Science and Pollution Research |
| 2022 | Abihssira-García I. S., Kögel T., Gomiero A., Kristensen T., Krogstad M., Olsvik P. A. | Distinct polymer-dependent sorption of persistent pollutants associated with Atlantic salmon farming to microplastics | Marine Pollution Bulletin |
| 2022 | Jordan-Ward R., von Hippel F. A., Zheng G., Salamova A., Dillon D., Gologergen J., Immingan T., Dominguez E., Miller P., Carpenter D., Postlethwait J. H., Byrne S., Buck C. L. | Elevated mercury and PCB concentrations in Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma) collected near a formerly used defense site on Sivuqaq, Alaska | Science of The Total Environment |
| 2022 | Alam L., Sumaila U. R., Bari M. A., Rusydy I., Musthafa M. S., Mokhtar M. | Investigating fish contamination scenario and community willingness to adopt consumption advice proposing an advisory option | Environmental Science and Pollution Research |
| 2022 | Peng L., Liu Y., Chen W., Liu L., Kent M., Song L. | Health risks associated with consumption of microcystin-contaminated fish and shellfish in three Chinese lakes: Significance for freshwater aquacultures | Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety |
| 2022 | Costa F., Mieiro C. L., Pereira M. E., Coelho J. P. | Mercury bioaccessibility in fish and seafood: Effect of method, cooking and trophic level on consumption risk assessment | Marine Pollution Bulletin |
| 2022 | Paul M. J., LeDuc S. D., Lassiter M. G., Moorhead L. C., Noyes P. D., Leibowitz S. G. | Wildfire induces changes in receiving waters: a review with considerations for water quality management. | Water Resources Research |
| 2022 | Dellinger M. J., Pingatore N., Chelius T., Visotcky A., Sparapani R., Ripley M. | Environmental health literacy for Anishinaabe (Great Lakes Native American) fish consumers: A randomized control trial | Environmental Research |
| 2022 | Talley T. S., Loflen C., Gossett R., Pedersen D., Venuti N., Nguyen J., Gersberg R. | Contaminant concentrations and risks associated with the Pacific oyster in the highly urbanized San Diego Bay | Marine Pollution Bulletin |
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