23.5.2023, Φ SF Bay: Risk assessment-based fish consumption advice

Tran Pham H, Chumney L (2023): Health Advisory and Guidelines for Eating Fish from San Francisco Bay (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma Counties). Updated April 2023. Fish, Ecotoxicology, and Water Section / Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology Branch, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, California Environmental Protection Agency, https://oehha.ca.gov/media/downloads/advisories/fishadvisorysfbayreport2023.pdf:

• (p.3) The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA … is responsible for evaluating potential public health risks from chemical contamination of sport fish. This includes issuing fish consumption advisories … for the State of California …
• (p.13) This report … provides advice for safe consumption of eighteen species, of which four species were incorporated from the statewide advisory for fish that migrate … Separate advice is provided for the sensitive population (women 18 to 49 years and children 1 to 17 years) and the general population (women 50 years and older and men 18 years and older) … OEHHA compared chemical levels in fish caught from more than 200 sampling locations to levels that are considered safe for human consumption …
• (p.29) The OEHHA fish advisory process considers the health benefits of fish consumption as well as the risk from exposure to the chemical contaminants found in fish …