Open AccessAn Experimental Study of the Effects of Gas Waste Upon Fishes, with Especial Reference to Stream Pollution
Author(s) -
V. E. Shelford
Publication year - 1917
Publication title -
illinois natural history survey bulletin/bulletin - illinois natural history survey
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2644-0687
pISSN - 0073-4918
DOI - 10.21900/j.inhs.v11.363
Subject(s) - pollution , environmental science , coal , distillation , waste management , environmental chemistry , chemistry , biology , ecology , engineering , chromatography
It is the purpose of this paper to show that essentially all the products of the distillation of coal are very toxic to fishes, some of the most toxic being those which are commonly regarded as "insoluble" in water.