San Francisco Bay Fish Environmental Health and Justice Project

Project Goals:

o Increase awareness and understanding of the new Fish Advisory information, contamination issues and benefits associated with consuming fish from San Francisco Bay

o Reduce exposure to PCBs and mercury linked to consuming contaminated Bay fish, primarily focusing on low-income people of color living in Bayview-Hunters Point and southeast San Francisco and who are disproportionately affected by ill health problems arising from a multitude of pollution exposures including eating contaminated fish

Project Activities:

o Hired and trained a fluent bilingual Chinese-English outreach worker

o Fisher interviews

o Community Presentations

o Conducted Outreach to Tongan Community

Outcomes:

Surveyed Bayview-Hunters Point residents, fishers, and at-risk women and mothers who:

o Intend to modify their attitudes about potential health impacts of mercury and PCBs and benefits of Omega-3s/healthy fish on their personal health and the health of their family.

o Improved their knowledge about the Fish Advisory, mercury and PCBs in fish, health benefits of fish and safer fishing and fish consumption habits.

o Will intend to change or modify their fishing practices or consumption habits towards safer consumption-fish catching and safer preparation methods.

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