Chlorinated hydrocarbons and eggshell changes in raptorial and fish-eating birds.

Science (New York, N.Y.) ·Vol. 162 ·No. 3850 ·1968-10-11 ·Pages 271-3

Hickey JJ, Anderson DW

Abstract

Catastrophic declines of three raptorial species in the United States have been accompanied by decreases in eggshell thickness that began in 1947, have amounted to 19 percent or more, and were identical to phenomena reported in Britain. In 1967, shell thickness in herring gull eggs from five states decreased with increases in chlorinated hydrocarbon residues.

MeSH Terms

Animals Biphenyl Compounds/metabolism Birds/drug effects Calcium/metabolism Chlorine Ecology Eggs/analysis Environmental Exposure History, 20th Century Hydrocarbons, Halogenated/analysis,toxicity Insecticides/analysis,toxicity Liver/metabolism Microsomes/enzymology United States

Chemicals

Biphenyl Compounds Hydrocarbons, Halogenated Insecticides Chlorine Calcium

Authors & Affiliations

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Hickey J J

Anderson D W

Article Info

Journal

Science (New York, N.Y.)

Abbr.

Science

ISSN

0036-8075

DOI

10.1126/science.162.3850.271

Published

1968-10-11

Pages

271-3

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

0404511

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1126/science.162.3850.271 View journal details

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