Perceptions of the risks and benefits of fish consumption: individual choices to reduce risk and increase health benefits.
Perceptions of the risks and benefits of fish consumption: individual choices to reduce risk and increase health benefits.
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DOI：
10.1016/j.envres.2008.12.002
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发表时间：
2009-04
影响因子：
8.3
通讯作者：
Gochfeld, Michael
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文献类型：
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作者：
Burger, Joanna;Gochfeld, Michael
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对鱼类消费的研究通常集中在对鱼类的认识和遵守，人们吃多少鱼，以及这些鱼的污染水平。本文探讨知识和准确性的风险和利益的鱼类消费的渔民和其他娱乐在纽约湾，表明他们是否可以作出合理的饮食决定。虽然大多数受访者知道食用鱼类的健康风险（70%）和益处（94%），但很少有人能说出具体的风险和益处。不到25%的受访者提到汞，不到15%的受访者提到孕妇和儿童面临风险。很少有人提到多氯联苯（PCBs）。近70%的人说吃鱼是健康的，45%的人知道鱼富含健康的油。尽管缺乏关于鱼类具体风险和益处的详细信息，但超过三分之一的人认为他们不需要更多信息。其他受访者有基本的问题，但没有提出关于他们捕获或食用的鱼的具体问题，这些问题可以澄清他们个人的风险平衡决定。关于哪些鱼类污染物含量高的知识与这些鱼类中的汞或多氯联苯含量不相匹配。关于鱼类消费的具体风险和益处、鱼类中汞和多氯联苯含量的信息库与答复者希望获得更多信息的愿望之间存在脱节。这些数据表明，受访者没有足够的准确信息来了解鱼类中的污染物，从而无法做出明智的风险平衡决策。
Studies of fish consumption often focus on awareness of and adherence to advisories, how much fish people eat, and contaminant levels in those fish. This paper examines knowledge and accuracy of risks and benefits of fish consumption among fishers and other recreationists in the New York Bight, indicative of whether they could make sound dietary decisions. While most respondents knew about health risks (70%) and benefits (94%) of consuming fish, far fewer could name specific risks and benefits. Less than 25% of respondents mentioned mercury and less than 15% mentioned that pregnant women and children were at risk. Far fewer people mentioned polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Nearly 70% said it was healthy to eat fish, and 45% were aware that fish were rich in healthful oils. Despite the lack of details about what specific risks and benefits of fish, well over a third did not feel they needed more information. Other respondents had basic questions, but did not pose specific questions about the fish they caught or ate that would have clarified their individual risk-balancing decisions. Knowledge of which fish were high in contaminants did not match the mercury or PCB levels in those fish. There was a disconnect between the information base about specific risks and benefits of fish consumption, levels of mercury and PCBs in fish, and the respondent’s desire for more information. These data indicate that respondents did not have enough accurate information about contaminants in fish to make informed risk-balancing decisions.
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