Impairments of Memory and Learning in Older Adults Exposed to Polychlorinated Biphenyls Via Consumption of Great Lakes Fish

By Schantz, Susan L.

Book Id: WPLBN0000207558
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Impairments of Memory and Learning in Older Adults Exposed to Polychlorinated Biphenyls Via Consumption of Great Lakes Fish
Author:	Schantz, Susan L.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, United Nations., United Nations. Office for Disarmament Affairs
Collections:	Government Library Collection, Disarmament Documents
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Publisher:	United Nations- Office for Disarmament Affairs (Unoda)


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Government Reference Publication

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Excerpt: Great Lakes fish are contaminated with a host of pollutants including chlorinated organic compounds such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and dichlorodiphenyl dichloroethene (DDE), pesticides such as mirex and dieldrin, and trace amounts of metals such as lead and mercury. Although commercial fishing on the Great Lakes is subject to federal regulation, sport fishing is not regulated. Advisories have been developed to inform the public about which fish are safe to eat, but the impact of these advisories on fish consumption is unknown. The health impacts of regular consumption of sport-caught Great Lakes fish are not clear. However, previous studies have reported an association between in utero exposure to PCBs via maternal consumption of Great Lakes fish and impaired intellectual functioning in infancy (1) and childhood (2?4). In these children, the clearest and most consistent negative association between PCB exposure and intellectual function was seen on tests involving verbal competence and short-term memory processing. Recently another team of investigators has reported a similar association between PCB exposure from Great Lakes fish and short-term memory processing in infancy (5).