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Comprehensive Toxic Monitoring Programs for the Great Lakes Region

This document presents an overview of the various toxic monitoring programs in the Great Lakes region, focusing on both emissions inventories and environmental monitoring efforts. It highlights key programs such as the U.S. Toxic Release Inventory (TRI), Canada’s National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI), and the Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Network (IADN). Various aspects of water, sediment, fish, and biota monitoring are discussed, alongside health assessments related to human exposure. The document emphasizes the need for improved data integration and monitoring to address existing gaps.

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Comprehensive Toxic Monitoring Programs for the Great Lakes Region

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  1. Current Great Lakes Toxic Monitoring Programs Melissa Hulting, US EPA-GLNPO Maumee Bay, OH February 22, 2005

  2. Emissions Inventories • U.S. Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) • Cdn National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) • Great Lakes Air Toxics Emissions Inventory • U.S. National Emissions Inventory (NEI) • Other individual research studies, inventories (ex. U.S. dioxin inventory)

  3. Air Monitoring • Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Network (IADN) • Mercury Deposition Network (MDN) • NDAMN (U.S. national) • Cdn National Air Pollutant Surveillance (NAPS) network • Michigan Mercury Network • Canadian Atmospheric Mercury Measurement Network (CAMNet) • CANCUP: Canadian Atmospheric Network for Currently Used Pesticides • Short-term studies: LMMB, LOADS, others

  4. Water and Sediments • OME and Environment Canada: open lake and tributary monitoring (water and sediments) • US EPA GLACS: water monitoring • USGS NAWQA: Lake Erie watershed • Site-specific sediment monitoring assessments

  5. Fish • Canada’s DFO Great Lakes Fish Contaminants Surveillance Program • EPA-GLNPO Great Lakes Fish Monitoring Program (GLFMP) • Provincial, state, tribal fish consumption advisory monitoring programs

  6. Other Biota • Ontario Biomonitoring Program: fish, mussels • CWS Herring Gull egg monitoring program • Other CWS: birds, amphibians, snapping turtle eggs • Bald eagle blood and feathers: CWS, OME, Bird Studies Canada

  7. Humans • U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) • Health Canada’s Contaminants in Human Tissues Program: GL First Nations • U.S. ATSDR Great Lakes Human Health Effect Research Program • grant program • short-term studies

  8. Food • FDA Total Diet Study (Market Basket) • USDA National Residue Program • Relatively uniform nationally-distributed food supply

  9. Gaps • Regular feed of monitoring data into modeling program • GL NHANES study including sensitive populations • Greater tracking of available food monitoring data (new SOLEC indicator?) • Fill emissions inventories gaps • Lack of geo and chemical coverage in monitoring (particularly for air) • AOC-specific monitoring: do more and get what’s being done out

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