Letter Health Consultation: 2008 Nuisance Geese, Lansing, Michigan

摘要

These geese were collected by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) from lakes, apartment complexes, parks, golf courses and businesses where the goose population was creating a nuisance. The samples were analyzed for metals and persistent organic chemicals to determine if the meat presents an unacceptable risk to families that might receive and consume the goose meat. The data that you provided indicate that the samples collected in 2007 contain detectable levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB or Arochlor 1254), dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE), dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), dieldrin, heptachlor epoxide, and chromium. In previous years, I provided screening levels of 5.6 parts per million (ppm) for DDE and 0.2 ppm for PCBs. I have used a similar approach to evaluate previously undetected contaminants. To evaluate the human health risks and identify contaminant screening levels for this scenario, I assumed that a family (adults and children) might receive two geese per year every year for five years.