Figure 2.

(A) Fish nutrients associated with beneficial health effects and (B) fish contaminants associated with adverse health effects in state fish consumption advisories. “Unclear or vague” refers to instances where either no nutrient or contaminant was mentioned or the reference was inexact. Advisory references to good or beneficial fats or oils presumably refer to omega-3 fatty acids and are included in that category. The developmental effects category includes general developmental effects (e.g., adverse effects including developmental damage or birth defects), whereas developmental effects that are specifically neurological in nature (e.g., adverse effects including delayed mental development or delayed or affected learning) are included in the neurological effects category. A similar approach was used to categorize beneficial health effects. PFOS, perfluorooctane sulfonate.