This briefing paper describes how consumption limits were derived for wild game harvested from the South River floodplain near Waynesboro, Virginia, using USEPA methylmercury guidance. It lists sampled species, exposure assumptions (body weight, meal size, preparation losses), toxicity values (MeHg RfD) and reports conservative results ranging from four annual meals for snapping turtle to unrestricted deer consumption.
File Type:
pdf
Categories:
Fact Sheets
Publication Date :
2013-09-30
Type :
Fact Sheet
Review Notes :
PDF is a South River 'briefing paper' dated Sept 30, 2013. It is a technical briefing intended to inform a factsheet; an attached results table is present as an image and summarized in text. No additional metadata (e.g., author or publisher) is visible in the document.
