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Fish Tissue PFAS Test

Name: Fish Tissue PFAS Test
Brand: Lake Pulse
Price: 300.00 USD
Availability: InStock

PFAS, including PFOS, in the fish your lake community eats.

$300

Checkout arrives with the store connection. Orders attach to the lake on your account.

Overview

PFAS are a large family of manufactured compounds that persist in the environment and accumulate in living tissue. In freshwater fish, PFOS in particular builds up to concentrations far above those in the surrounding water, which is why several states have issued fish consumption advice based on PFAS alone, sometimes on lakes with no other contaminant problem.

This test measures PFAS in the flesh of a fish caught from your lake. You catch and fillet the fish, record its species, size, and where it came from, and ship the sample to an accredited laboratory.

PFAS science and state guidance are both moving quickly. A result is a measurement, and how your state interprets that measurement may change.

What this test does and does not decide. Lake Pulse sells tests that measure what is in the fish. We do not decide whether you can eat it. Fish consumption advice is issued by state health and natural resource agencies, which set advice by species, by size, and by who is eating, and their advisory for your lake stands regardless of what a single fillet shows. Check your state advisory first, and treat these results as additional information alongside it, never as a replacement for it.

One of three fish tissue tests. Each measures a different group of contaminants in the flesh of fish caught from your lake.

Fish Tissue Metals Test — mercury, arsenic, cadmium, and lead
Fish Tissue PFAS Test — PFAS, including PFOS
Fish Tissue Pesticide Screen — a broad screen of pesticide residues

What's measured & how

Fish tissue PFAS panel

What's measured & how for Fish Tissue PFAS Test
Parameter	Result type
PFOS	Quantitative

PFOS
Result type:
Quantitative

You get

Signed laboratory report, filed in Documents & Reports
Results recorded against the species, size, and catch location you provide

How it's produced

Test type: Fish tissue PFAS panel
Sample: A fillet from a fish you catch; you record species, length, weight, catch location, and catch date
Analyzed by: Independent accredited partner laboratory, with full chain of custody
Analytical method: Stated on your laboratory report
Turnaround: 10 business days from lab receipt

Full analyte list

Product category

Physical ProductShips to you
ConsumableLab testing

Availability
Kit ships in 1–2 business days
Shipping
Flat-rate to your front door. Shipping details
SKU
F-TIS-002

Example result

PFOS and additional PFAS reported

Compare with your state's fish consumption advisory, which governs

Turnaround

Results are available within 10 business days of the lab receiving your sample.

What problem does this solve for our lake?

What's included?

One (1) fish tissue sampling kit for a single fillet sample
All materials required for clean, PFAS-conscious sample collection, packaging, and cold shipping
Step-by-step instructions covering filleting, labeling, freezing, and shipping
A sample record form for species, length, weight, catch location, and catch date
Shipping to an accredited laboratory, with full chain of custody
Laboratory analysis for PFAS compounds in fish tissue, including PFOS
A lab report with a concentration for each compound analyzed
Results loaded into your lake's account

What's not included

Fish collection. You catch, fillet, and ship the sample; we supply everything needed to do it correctly.
A consumption advisory or safety determination of any kind. That authority belongs to your state agency.
Results that describe the whole lake. One fillet describes one fish, of one species and size, caught at one place and time.
Regulatory or compliance determinations
Metals or pesticide residues. Those are separate tests.
Every PFAS compound in existence. Thousands exist; laboratory methods cover a defined list.
Identification of a PFAS source. A result describes the fish, not where the compounds came from.

Requirements

Fish handled and frozen promptly after catch, then shipped per the kit instructions
Species, length, weight, catch location, and catch date recorded for each sample — results cannot be interpreted without them
Fillets prepared consistently, skin on or skin off, and recorded either way
One species and one size class per sample. Contaminants vary widely between a small panfish and a large predator from the same lake.
Your state's sampling guidance followed where you intend to compare results with its advisory
A Plus, Lake Admin, or PRO subscription to have results loaded into your Lake Pulse account
Questions about species selection, sampling design, or how results relate to your state advisory? Contact the Lake Pulse Boathouse before you order.

What you get back

Results

Concentrations for each PFAS compound analyzed in the sampled fillet, including PFOS
Results recorded against the species, size, and catch location you provide
A dated entry in your lake's record, so results accumulate across species and years
The signed lab report filed in Documents & Reports
Results are found in your lake's portal, accessible only to Plus, Lake Admin, and PRO subscription tiers

Pro tips

PFOS is usually the compound that matters in freshwater fish, and often the one state guidance is built around.
Start with the state advisory. Read what your state already says about this lake and these species before ordering. Testing adds to that picture; it does not replace it.
Sample the species people actually eat, and the sizes they keep. Larger, older predators carry the most.
Test several fish, not one. Individual fish vary enough that a single fillet is an anecdote.
Repeat over years, using the same species and size class, if you want to see a trend.
Share results carefully. Fish results move a lake community quickly. Call the Boathouse before publishing anything.

Results sync to the Portal for Plus, Lake Admin, and PRO subscribers

Results from this product land in your lake's shared record in the Portal — next to everything else your lake has ever measured, instead of in an inbox.

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About these results

Every result shows the catch date and the species, size, and location you record. Results reflect one fillet from one fish, analyzed by an independent accredited laboratory using the method stated on your report. Contaminant levels vary by species, size, age, and where a fish fed, so one fish does not represent every fish in the lake. Where the laboratory provides detection and reporting limits, they are reported with your results; a non-detection does not prove absence. Lake Pulse measures what is in the fish; it does not decide whether fish are safe to eat. Fish consumption advice is issued by state health and natural resource agencies by species, size, and who is eating, and their advisory for your lake stands regardless of what a single fillet shows. Check your state advisory first. Decisions, and responsibility for any action taken, rest with you.

Questions on this?

Our team can help you choose the right solution for your lake, explain how results sync to your Portal, or point you to the right subscription.

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