ICS EVIDENCE GOVERNANCE NOTEREGISTER · 2026

EVIDENCE BOUNDARY & STANDARDS DISPOSITION

Subsistence fishing methylmercury disparity

Keep vulnerable-population and catch-location context visible, and do not represent commercial-market sampling as coverage of subsistence exposure.

The controlling scientific record is the public Heavy Metal Index synthesis, supported by 3 named anchor sources and expressed for Methylmercury, Mercury.

ICS does not reproduce the source extraction here. Keeping the evidence on the independent index preserves source-level methods, units, species, basis, uncertainty, and review state. This note records only the institutional consequence of that evidence.

Keep vulnerable-population and catch-location context visible, and do not represent commercial-market sampling as coverage of subsistence exposure.

This disposition may change taxonomy, analyte coverage, test basis, surveillance priority, disclosure, or claim language. It does not allow a market occurrence percentile or a dramatic single study to become an initial certification value.

The finding is published in two additional authority layers: the HMI evidence record and the HMTc certification interpretation. Distribution should prioritize public-health teams, regulators, journalists, consumer educators while preserving those distinct roles in headlines, briefings, interviews, and social posts.

Audience

public-health teams · regulators · journalists · consumer educators

SUGGESTED CITATION

Pendergrass, K. (2026). “Subsistence fishing methylmercury disparity.” ICS Evidence Governance Notes. ICS-EGN-2026-023. Institute of Contaminant Standards.

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