Hello world,
It's 1998, and a graduate student has just solved the problem of what could be killing off the eagles near Duncan, British Colombia. DDT was of course the first on the culprit list, but blood tests soon ruled that out. The problem was, most of the chicks were dying off, especially in the area around the Crofton pulp and paper mill. This has been known to happen when dioxins, a biproduct of the papermaking process, get into the water. The reason that eagles were dying in such great numbers around the Crofton plant was unknown until Chris Gill studied the local eagles extensively. He realized that what was happening was that the dioxins were getting concentrated in a local bay. The Crofton factory has agreed to drop their dioxin pollution, and we can only hope that it's enought to save the eagles. These animals have had a particularly hard time of it, and it would be very embarrasing for us to let them go extinct.
Here's the link;
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1998/06/980608053821.htm
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
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