Healthy Housing and Environment Team

MERCURY IN FISH

Environmental Protection Agency Data of Mercury in Fish, by Body of Water for the years 1996-2000
^{Body of Water}	All Fish ^{Total Samples}	Corrected ⁽¹⁾^{Total Samples}	^{Number of Samples Over 0.3ppm Standard}	^{Percent of Samples Over 0.3ppm Standard}
^Belleville	³²	¹⁵	⁰	⁰
^{Blackstone River}	⁷	⁶	⁰	⁰
^Chapman	³²	²⁰	⁰	⁰
^{Gilbert Stuart}	³³	²²	⁰	⁰
^Gorton	²⁵	¹⁵	⁰	⁰
^Mashpaug	¹⁶	¹¹	⁰	⁰
^{Oak Swamp}	¹¹	⁹	⁰	⁰
^Saugatucket	²⁴	¹⁴	⁰	⁰
^{Simmons Reservoir - upper}	¹⁷	⁸	⁰	⁰
^Warwick	¹⁸	¹³	⁰	⁰
^{Breakheart Pond}	²⁸	¹⁷	¹	⁶
^Asa	²³	¹³	¹	⁸
^{Eisenhower Lake}	³⁴	²⁰	²	¹⁰
^{Curran Reservoir - upper}	¹³	⁷	¹	¹⁴
^{Hundred Acre Pond}	³⁷	¹³	²	¹⁵
^{Indian Lake}	²³	¹²	²	¹⁷
^{Ashville Pond}	¹⁸	⁹	²	²²
^Alton	²⁶	¹²	³	²⁵
^{Browning Mill Pond}	³¹	²⁰	⁵	²⁵
^{Larkin Pond}	¹⁶	⁸	⁴	²⁵
^{Locustville Pond}	²²	¹⁶	⁴	²⁵
^Tioge	⁷	⁴	¹	²⁵
^{Boone Lake}	²⁵	¹⁵	⁴	²⁷
^{Pawtuxet River}	²⁸	²⁵	⁷	²⁸
^{Wyoming Pond}	²¹	¹⁴	⁴	²⁹
^{Yawgoo Pond}	²⁵	¹⁵	⁶	⁴⁰
^Watchaug	³⁰	¹⁶	⁷	⁴⁴
^Tucker	⁵	³	⁽²⁾	⁽²⁾
^Subtotal	⁶²²	³⁶⁹	⁵⁶	^15%
^{Trout in Meadowbrook Pond}			^{Department of Environmental Management Stocks with Trout}
^{All other Fish in Meadowbrook}	²⁵	¹⁷	¹⁰	⁵⁹

^{Wincheck/Yawgoog}	³⁷	¹⁷	¹⁰	⁵⁹
^{Quidnick Reservoir}	¹⁸	¹¹	⁸	⁷³
^Total	⁷⁰⁷	⁴¹⁷	⁸⁴	^20%
^{Notes: 1) Corrected total removes all: Largemouth bass, Smallmouth bass, Chain pickerel, Black crappie, and Eel samples (2) Insufficient data to ban sale / consumption.}
^{^LEGEND} ^{All Levels: No consumption for small children (0-6years) or women who are pregnant, nursing, or planning a pregnancy}
^LEVEL	^{% > 0.3 PPM Hg}	^CODE	^{HEALTH ADVISORIES}
⁰	^<10%		^{Everyone else can consume any amount safely.}
¹	^{10% to <30%}		^{Everyone else can consume 1 meal per week}
²	^{30% to 50%}		^{Everyone else can consume 1 meal per month}
³	^>50%		^{BAN SALE - NO CONSUMPTION}