Harbor Health / Human Health An Analysis of Environmental Indicators for the New York / New Jersey Harbor Estuary

This report describes the health of the New York / New Jersey harbor estuary and the effects the conditions have had and are having on the human health. The contamination levels in the sediments and fish have decreased along with coliform bacteria in the past 30 years. The report includes graphical and tabular displays of the environmental indicator measurements. Sections of the report discuss sediment contamination, sediment toxicity, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and contaminants in fish tissue. Regulatory rules are credited to the reduction but concerns remain to continue this improvement of the environment.prepared for New York / New Jersey Harbor Estuary Program (HEP