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Subsistence Fishing in Madison: Is It an Environmental Justice Issue? Subsistence Fishing in Madison: Is it an Environmental Justice Issue? Maria Powell, Madison Environmental Justice Organization, University of Wisconsin Kazoua Moua, UW-Extension, Dane County, Kennedy Heights Board of Directors VamMeej Yang, Madison Environmental Justice Organization, Kennedy Heights Asian Outreach Coordinator Jody Schmitz, Madison Environmental Justice Organization, Kennedy Heights Adult Outreach Coordinator Jim Powell, Madison Environmental Justice Organization, Northside Planning Council Many minority subsistence anglers On the shores of Madison lakes Many African Americans fishing on Madison lakes are from Milwaukee (Madison is their ―up north‖) Fishing is very important socially and culturallya to Hmong, African American, Latino anglers, and many depend on fish for food. Is this an environmental justice issue? Are Madison mercury & PCB levels as bad as Green Bay or Milwaukee? Definitely not…but does that mean there’s no problem? • Lake Mendota – Walleye (1 fish): .47 ppm Hg – White bass (1 fish): .19 ppm Hg • Lake Monona – Walleye (4 fish): .17- .27 ppm Hg • Wisconsin River – White bass: .27 ppm Hg PCBs • Yahara Lakes fish range from .1 ppm to .52 ppm mercury • Yahara Lakes fish range from .045 to .46 ppm PCBs • No fish data on other metals, pesticides, PAHs, PBDEs or pharmaceuticals (as far as we know). Are some areas worse than others? Monona Bay, an extremely popular shore angling area, has been called a “toxic hotspot” by the DNR in the past?? “Polychlorinated biphenyls were detected in sediment samples collected in 1987, with the highest concentration located along the north shore of Monona Bay. The north shore of the bay is also a mercury hot spot. A possible source for the PCBs and mercury is a large storm sewer outfall near the sampling site. Arsenic and copper compounds were also measured in the core samples. Fish monitoring for PCBs and mercury through WDNR’s fish consumption advisory program will continue indefinitely.” -from the WDNR Lower Rock River Water Quality Management Plan, 2001 Dane County Regional Planning Commission, recommendations in the Yahara Monona Priority Watershed Project Plan (1992) 1. The Lower Rock River Basin Team should conduct fish monitoring in Lake Waubesa, the Yahara River, and Lake Monona for mercury. 2. The Lower Rock River Basin Team should conduct additional sediment core sampling in Lake Monona and Lake Waubesa to identify possible trends in PCB contamination. 14. The Lower Rock River Basin Team should conduct a more complete assessment of in-place pollutants in Monona Bay by expanding sediment sampling to areas not previously sampled. Were these studies ever done? Do Madison mercury & PCB levels pose health risks for Madison anglers…? • Yes, if people are eating fish regularly, which many subsistence anglers are. They are also consuming other toxins in the fish. • RegardlessThe EPA recommends of fish mercurythat for fish levels concentrations and consumption ranging from .12rates, ppm to .47 ppm (about the range of the Madison fish) people should generally MEJOeat no feels more that than 2communication-4 meals a month. about the potential risks to the people potentially most affected is critical, and an ethical • Pregnantresponsibility women and of children those shouldwho know only eat about one meal these a month issues.. of the fish on the higher end of this range (which larger fish like walleye and bass in Madison can have). • Our preliminary research suggests that some Madison anglers eat far more than this amount, including fish that are likely to have levels on the higher end of this range. • Some Hmong anglers we have surveyed eat fish every day during fishing seasons. Lack of data is a significant problem: Do we know the extent of the health risks anglers are taking from consuming Madison fish? --No--only sparse data on fish mercury levels, consumption rates or health outcomes In the meantime, are minority anglers in Madison getting information about fish advisories, health risks from eating fish? --MEJO’s work suggests that they aren’t… Numerous studies show that white, educated, men are more likely to get advisories than others: – WI DHFS study (Imm et al., 2005): • 55% of whites/15% blacks aware of advisory • 65% of men/30% of women aware of advisory • 55% of people with some college and 33% of people with less than high school were aware • Older people were more aware than younger people • Similar findings in many other studies • Unfortunately, those who are least likely to get advisories are those who may be more likely to be at risk from fish contaminants. Communication is a key EJ issue! All the data/scientific studies in the world will do nothing to reduce human exposures to mercury in fish if people who eat a lot of fish don’t know about advisories, don’t understand fish consumption advice, don’t have the resources or capacity to do anything about the problems… Where are The signs? • February 11, 1994 • EXECUTIVE ORDER • FEDERAL ACTIONS TO ADDRESS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN MINORITY POPULATIONS AND LOW-INCOME POPULATIONS • By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: • Section 1-1. IMPLEMENTATION. • 1-101. Agency Responsibilities. To the greatest extent practicable and permitted by law, and consistent with the principles set forth In the report on the National Performance Review, each Federal agency shall make achieving environmental justice part of its mission by identifying and addressing, as appropriate, disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects of its programs, policies, and activities on minority populations and low-income populations in the United States and its territories and possessions, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Commonwealth of the Marian islands. Sec. 3 -3. Research, Data Collection, and Analysis 3-301. Human Health and Environmental Research and Analysis. (a) Environmental human health research, whenever practicable and appropriate, shall include diverse segments of the population in epidemiological and clinical studies, including segments at high risk from environmental hazards, such as minority populations, low-income populations and workers who may be exposed to, substantial environmental hazards. (b) Environmental human health analyses, whenever practicable and appropriate, shall identify multiple and cumulative exposures. (c) Federal agencies shall provide minority populations and low-income populations the opportunity to comment on the development and design of research strategies undertaken pursuant to this order. Sec. 4-4. Subsistence Consumption Of Fish And Wildlife. 4-401. Consumption Patterns. In order to assist in identifying the need for ensuring protection of populations with differential patterns of subsistence consumption of fish and wildlife, Federal agencies, whenever practicable and appropriate, shall collect, maintain, and analyze information on the consumption patterns of populations who principally rely on fish and/or wildlife for subsistence. Federal agencies shall communicate to the public the risks of those consumption patterns. 4-402. Sec. 5-5. Public Participation and Access to Information (b). Each Federal agency may, whenever practicable and appropriate, translate crucial public documents, notices, and hearings relating to human health or the environment for limited English-speaking populations. (c ) Each Federal agency shall work to ensure that public documents, notices, and hearings relating to human health or the environment are concise, understandable, and readily accessible to the public. In sum--are there environmental justice problems in Madison? MEJO thinks there are. • Research/data needed to address extent of risks to minorities and poor subsistence anglers not gathered. • Exposure & health studies are often ―color-blind‖ – Minorities are usually underrepresented or not there at all • Are agencies, researchers, NGOs in Madison communicating with people of color and poor? • People of color, poor are often “invisible” and ignored. – Why are there such big disparities in who gets advisories and who doesn’t? • Huge contextual/cultural and socioeconomic differences in fishing, fish consumption • Use of/ access to different kinds of information • Different kinds of knowledge/experiences • Varying government trust levels, anger and worry about issue Fishing is very culturally and socially important for anglers from all backgrounds: European American culture—Friday fish fries, sport-fishing from boats, fish expos, Lake Erie ―walleye capital of the world‖… African Americans—back yard fish fries with friends and family, Southern fishing culture, fried panfish… Deep cultural connections for people from many backgrounds (Native American, Asian, Latino). But, contexts of these cultures are very different, and American society is still very segregated by race and class, so these cultures do not interact often. Scientists, government staff--and risk communicators--are largely from European American cultures, which contributes to communication disparities in many ways… European Americans more likely to know about and have access to scientific info, government sources, news, Internet, etc. “I have acquaintances, friends that are willing to inform me. People that work with government. And also my other sources—I have alternate news sources. I’m not relying on the newspaper. I’m relying on, for instance, Internet news sources. Alternate news
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