HERONS PERSIST IN CHICAGO WETLANDS DESPITE EXPOSURE TO BANNED CHEMICALS
January 16, 2008
January 16, 2008
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Jan. 16 -- The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign issued the following news release:
Herons nesting in the wetlands of southeast Chicago are still being exposed to chemicals banned in the U.S. in the 1970s, a research team reports. The chemicals do not appear to be affecting the birds' reproductive success, however.
The findings appear in the current issue of the Journal of Great Lakes Research.
University of Illinois veterina . . .
Herons nesting in the wetlands of southeast Chicago are still being exposed to chemicals banned in the U.S. in the 1970s, a research team reports. The chemicals do not appear to be affecting the birds' reproductive success, however.
The findings appear in the current issue of the Journal of Great Lakes Research.
University of Illinois veterina . . .