Table 6.7 National Listing of Fish Consumption Advisories Issued for Various Pollutants, 1993-1999

  Mercury PCBs Chlordane Dioxins DDT Other
             
  number
             
1993 889 319 100 54 40 102
1994 1,100 390 105 63 40 100
1995 1,308 438 102 63 38 125
1996 1,677 617 103 60 32 na
1997 1,782 588 117 65 33 na
1998 1,931 679 104 59 34 na
1999 2,073 703 101 74 40 na

Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water. Update: National Listing of Fish and Wildlife Advisories (EPA, OW, Washington, DC, 2000).

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