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Industrial halide wastes cause acute mortality of snow geese in oklahoma
Author(s) -
Andreasen James K.,
Stroud Richard K.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
environmental toxicology and chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 171
eISSN - 1552-8618
pISSN - 0730-7268
DOI - 10.1002/etc.5620060406
Subject(s) - waterfowl , fluoride , halide , snow , bromine , environmental chemistry , toxicology , biology , zoology , chemistry , ecology , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , geology , habitat , geomorphology
An examination of 97 dead migratory waterfowl collected at an industrial facility showed that the birds had had severe gastric and intestinal hemorrhaging. Water samples taken at on‐site waste lagoons contained 6,750 mg/L fluoride, 4,500 mg/L bromine and 1,500 mg/L boron. Brain and liver tissues contained high levels of fluoride, as compared with tissues of birds collected at a control site. From the necropsy results, the high concentration of fluoride in the water samples and the elevated tissue residues, we conclude that the birds died from acute fluoride poisoning.