Household Mold

PBDE Flame Retardants

Blue-green algae

       - Blue-green algae Advisories

       - Cyanobacteria and their Toxins

       - Ten Mile Lakes Toxic Microcystis Bloom  /DHS/ph/envtox/docs/bgadecisioncriteria.pdf

         A toxic bloom of the blue-green alga Microcystis aeruginosa occurred in Ten Mile Lakes fall of

         1997. 

       - Microcystins in Blue-Green Algae Supplements [niehs.nih.gov website]

       - Brochures (pdf- English) (pdf-Spanish)

       - US Forest Service Advisory Template:

              To issue an advisory:  (Word- English) 

              To lift and advisory: (Word- English)

       - US Forest Service Advisory Sign Template (Word- English) and  (Word- Spanish)

       - Blue-Green Algae Sampling Guidance (Word) (pdf)

       - Blue-Green Algae Decision Criteria (Word) (pdf)

Fish Advisories

       -Fish Consumption Guidelines

       -PCBs in Fish

       -Methylmercury & Sport-fishing

       -Oregon's Fish Advisories for Methylmercury

       -OSU Food Toxicology and Nutrition Laboratory
         Fish Toxicity and Groundwater Contamination Episodes

       -Health Analysis of Chemical Contaminants in Lower Columbia River Fish

For more information about any of these topics or for information about other environmental toxins, contact our office at 971-673-0440 or email us at general.toxicology@state.or.us.