HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 604 RESOLUTION NO. 604
RESOLUTION URGING IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION OF
STANDARDS OF MERCURY CONTAMINATION
WHEREAS, the Food and Drug Administration of the United States has adopted
a guideline o£ .5 part per million of mercury for finding contamination o£ fish
intended for human consumption, which finding is based on data which may be in-
adequate thereto; and
WHEREAS, said guideline is, for lack of any other, the basis of decisions
and rulings by other bodies including the Departments of Public Health and of Fish
and Game of the State of California; and
WHEREAS, the City of Saraeoga is a public agency concerned to serve the
public in the provision of, among other things, recreational lakes and streams
stocked with fish which may be eaten with absolute safety; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED, by the City of Saratoga that it shall be and it is hereby
most strongly urged upon the Food and Drug Administration of the United States
that an early and thorough review and investigation be undertaken of the matter
of safe mercury levels in the flesh of fish intended for human consumption to
the end that any guideline adopted upon such basis shall have the entire confi-
dence o£ those affected thereby and shall not be subject to a charge that inves-
tigation has b~en in.~dequate and the contamination level adopted unreal.istic; and
PASSED AND ADOPTED, by the City Council of the City of Saratoga at its meeting
on the 16th day of February, 1972, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT: ~ ~ ~
ATTE ST:
MAYOR