Attachment 8f1

Outline of changes to Informed Consent, Subsistence Anglers

Compared to (OMB Control No: 0923-0044)

IC Title NY Consent - Burmese

Attachment 6i

August 7, 2014

Readability, calculated using the Flesch-Kinkaid Readability Option in Microsoft Word, has been determined at the 7^th grade level without chemical names

Changes due to different study area – i.e., Syracuse, NY and Onondaga Lake and its tributaries

Overview

The New York State Department of Health (NYS DOH) in cooperation with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) invite you to be in a project to measure contaminants in people who eat fish from Lake Ontario and tributaries; including Seneca River, Oswego River and Onondaga Lake.

You are being asked to participate in this project. Your participation is voluntary. After you read about the project and before you decide to participate, please ask questions if there is anything that you do not understand.

What is the purpose of this project?

The purpose is to measure the levels of contaminants in people who eat fish caught from New York Great Lakes and rivers. The areas of interest are Lake Ontario and tributaries; including Seneca River, Oswego River and Onondaga Lake. To help us understand the results, we want to know what types of fish and how much fish people eat and other ways that people can be exposed to these contaminants, such as at their jobs and from eating other foods.

We will use the results of this project to guide actions that will protect people from exposure to contaminants in the environment.

Why are you being asked to be in this project?

You are being invited to participate because you have received a referral coupon from someone you know, you have lived in the city of Syracuse for at least one year and you eat fish caught in certain lakes, rivers, and creeks. NYS DOH hopes to get about 100 people living in the city of Syracuse who eat fish.

What is the cost to you and what will you receive?

The only cost to you for being in our project is your time and effort to take part. We will give you $75 as a thank you for your participation if you complete all parts of the project visit.  If you are unable to complete all activities we will give you an amount based on the activities you do complete. You can use the gift cards at most stores or for online shopping. If you want to help find up to three more people from the City of Syracuse who eat fish from local waters to be in the project, you will also get a $15 gift card for each person who takes part in the study.