MI Project Brochure

What about your privacy?
All the informa on you
give us is private and is
protected by Michigan
law.
We will not share your
name or address with anyone other
than study staff.
We will not ask you if you have a fishing
license.
Any reports we write about this study
will only talk about group results. We
will not include informa on that could
iden fy you, such as your name or
address.
We will not use your blood or urine for
any other tests such as alcohol, drug, or
DNA tes ng. Your blood and urine will
be destroyed a er they are tested for
the chemicals.

Is there a cost?
There is no cost to
you to be part of the
study. The Michigan
Department of
Community Health will pay for your
blood and urine tests.

You choose!
It’s your decision. You choose
whether or not to be part of this
study. If you sign up, you can change
your mind later and tell us that you no
longer want to be part of the study.

How can you learn more about
the study?
Call the Michigan
Department of Community
Health. Our number is
1-800-648-6942.
The call is free. We'll answer
ques ons that you have about the
study.

Study Partners

Detroit
River
Fish Eaters
Study

What might the study tell us?

The Michigan Department of
Community Health is organizing the
Fish Eaters Study.
We want to learn if the harmful
chemicals in some Michigan fish are
also in the people who eat them.
We are asking people who o en eat
fish from the Detroit, or Saginaw
Rivers or Saginaw Bay to be part of
the study.

Why are we doing this study?
Ea ng fish is part of a
healthy diet. But some
fish have chemicals in
them
t
that could harm
your
y
health. These
chemicals can also
harm the development of babies and
children.
The study will give us more
informa on to help you make choices
about ea ng safe fish.
It will also help in making decisions
that be er protect the health of your
community.

• which fish are safer to eat
• if the chemicals found in some fish
stay in people who eat them
• if we need to test more fish in the
Detroit and Saginaw areas

What will the study tell you?
• how much of the chemicals found in
fish is in your blood and urine, if any
• if the amount of chemicals in your
blood and urine is different than
other people in the U.S.
• if your health could be harmed by
the amount of arsenic, cadmium,
lead, or mercury in your blood or
urine

What won’t the study tell you?
• the amount of PCBs, dioxins,
manganese, or pes cides that could
harm you. The amount of these
chemicals that is harmful to health
is not known.
• about other chemicals that we are
not tes ng for
• about your health or if the
chemicals have harmed your health