Recommendations

The Commission recommends that the two federal governments, in conjunction with the states and provinces and institutions:

• Undertake retrospective and prospective epidemiological studies, in Areas of Concern and other pertinent locations of the Great Lakes basin, to better understand potential neuro-developmental effects associated with methyl mercury and PCBs.
  
  
• Make fish advisories clear, simple, and consistent, and ensure that they are reaching the intended audiences.
  
  
• Select and promptly implement programs in both the United States and Canada that would substantially reduce the deposition of mercury in its reactive gaseous form in the Great Lakes region; and also pursue multi-lateral strategies for further control of this persistent toxic substance on a global basis.