Environmental Health - Chemical Hazards Program

Fish Consumption Guidelines For Women

Brochures

• A Woman's Guide to Eating Fish & Seafood 
  What you should know if you are pregnant, planning to be pregnant, or have a young child.
• A Woman's Guide to Eating Fish and Seafood from the Coosa, Etowah, and Oostanaula Rivers 
  Guía Para Las Mujeres que Comen Pescado de Los Rios Coosa, Etowah Y Oostanula 
  This brochure discusses the amount of mercury and PCB's in several rivers and lakes in Georgia. It promotes healthy eating of fish and seafood, but places cautionary limits on certain species of fish and store-bought fish in this area.
• A Woman's Guide to Eating Fish and Seafood from North Georgia 
  Guía Para Las Mujeres que Comen Pescado y Mariscos en Norte de Georgia 
  This brochure discusses the amount of mercury and PCB's in fish caught in North Georgia waters. It promotes healthy eating of fish and seafood, but places cautionary limits on certain types of fish and fatty fish in this area.
• A Woman's Guide to Eating Fish and Seafood from Middle and South Georgia 
  Guía Para Las Mujeres que Comen Pescado y Mariscos en Centro y Sur de Georgia 
  This brochure discusses the amount of mercury, PCB's and toxaphene-like chemicals in fish caught in Middle and South Georgia waters. It promotes healthy eating of fish and seafood, but places cautionary limits on frequency of certain types of fish consumption.
• A Woman's Guide to Eating Fish and Seafood from Coastal Georgia 
  Guía Para Las Mujeres que Comen Pescado y Mariscos en Cosat de Georgia 
  This brochure discusses the amount of mercury and PCB's in fish caught off the coast of Georgia. It promotes healthy eating of fish and seafood (Omega-3s), but places cautionary limits on frequency of certain types of seafood and shellfish consumption.