
Task:
Complete the following activities, recording your answers on the worksheet provided.
1. Read the 1999 Fish Consumption Advisory from the Illinois Department of Public Health to find out what the state government recommends.
2. Go to the USGS Water Pollution glossary to clarify some terms.
3. Other fish consumption information is available at Wisconsin Sea Grant.
4. Go to the University
of Alberta and read how mercury travels from industrial sources
to the bodies of fish.