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General Information on Mercury

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UNEP 2018 Global Mercury Assessment.pdf

Global Mercury Assessment 2018

BRI 2011 Great Lakes Mercury Connections.pdf

Great Lakes Mercury Connection, The Extent and Effects of Mercury Pollution in the Great Lakes region

Evers 2011 Hg in GL basin - Bioacc trends Ecol Risk _ Policy.pdf

Mercury in the Great Lakes region: bioaccumulation, spatiotemporal patterns, ecological risks, and policy

Basic Information about Mercury | US EPAThis page contains information about products that contain mercury, mercury emissions, how you can get exposed to mercury, and the health effects exposure to mercury has on humans

Educational Articles

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DeWeese 2009 Efficacy of Walleye Hg Maps for Anishinaabe.pdf

Efficacy of Risk-Based, Culturally Sensitive Ogaa (Walleye) Consumption Advice for Anishinaabe Tribal Members in the Great Lakes Region

Foran 2010 Eval of MeHg reduction via Anishinaabe Advisory Program.pdf

Evaluation of Mercury Exposure Reduction through a Fish Consumption Advisory Program for Anishinaabe Tribal Members in Northern Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota

GLIFWC Mercury Documents

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Musky Consumption Advice Memo Mar2020 Update.pdf

Mercury-Based Consumption Advice for Wisconsin Ceded Territory Muskellunge

Lake Superior Mercury Map 2020 Update Admin Rpt.pdf

An Approach to Developing Mercury-Based Consumption Advice for Select Species of Lake Superior Fish: 2020 Update

1992 Commission Mercury Resolution.pdf

1992 Commission Mercury Resolution

GLIFWC Maazhiginoozhe (Muskellunge) Consumption Brochure

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Mercury Mobile App for the Great Lakes

The Gigiigoo app is designed to inform northern Indigenous populations about risks and benefits of consuming fish from Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, and Lake superior. Read the International Joint Commission article on the App here. May only be available for iPhone and iPad users.

App Developed with Indigenous Communities Fosters Safe Fish Consumption | International Joint CommissionFish harvest and consumption are an essential part of Great Lakes Indigenous cultures. Many in Canada and the United States don’t realize that, for Native Americans, fish consumption is a legal right established by treaties that are more than 180 years old.

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