Minnesota Department of Health, “Fish Consumption Guidelines for Women who are or May Become Pregnant, and Children under Age 15,” 2008. http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/fish/eating/lakespecpop.pdf

has been cited by the following article:

• TITLE: Fish Consumption Advisories and the Surprising Relationship to Prevalence Rate of Developmental Disability as Reported by Public Schools

  AUTHORS: M. Catherine DeSoto, Robert T. Hitlan

  KEYWORDS: Mercury; Prenatal; Autism; ASD; Seafood; Diet; Environmental Health Environmental Mercury Exposure and Prevalence Rate of Autism as Reported by Public Schools

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Environmental Protection, Vol.3 No.11, November 29, 2012

  ABSTRACT: According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), fish consumption is the most significant route of mercury exposure, and the concern is greatest for women of childbearing age due to the potential for neurodevelopmental effects on a developing fetus. Rates of developmental disorders vary. But in 2008 it was demonstrated that the rate of autism is higher near industries that emit heavy metals. Furthermore past research findings can be taken to show that where a pregnancy occurred may predict later autism likelihood in the offspring more than where diagnosis occurs. If mercury plays any role in developmental disabilities, the rate of disability should relate to any reliable direct measure of contamination. The current research focuses on one index of environmental mercury contamination. Specifically, mercury-related fish advisories are found to be a surprisingly strong predictor of a state’s autism rate, r = 0.48, p