Wednesday, September 23, 1981
daily nebraskan
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Pesticides in birds may close season
By Leslie Kendrick
Although there is a possibility that the waterfowl
season could close because of pesticides found in Montana
waterfowl, a Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
specialist said he is doubtful such measures will be taken.
Joe Hyland, a waterfowl specialist with the commis
sion, said it will know whether the season will be closed
by early next week.
Hyland said his office was alerted to the problem when
traces of Endrin, a pesticide, began turning up in Montana
waterfowl. Hyland said that about 12,000 Montana acres,
primarily winter wheat, were- treated with the pesticide
this spring. After the application of the pesticide,
Montana officials discovered many dead fish and found
traces of Endrin in fish eggs. Tests were made in the area
and Endrin was found in other wildlife, he said.
The highest levels of Endrin were found in waterfowl,
Hyland said. Because of the migratory nature of water
fowl other states were altered, he said. Hyland said the
waterfowl affected are primarily ducks and geese of
several different species.
Montana was not the only state that had Endrin appli
cations, Hyland said. About 100,000 acres in Wyoming,
30,000 acres in South Dakota and 1,000 acres in Nebra
ska were treated with the pesticide, he said.
Hyland said the commission's chemist is in the process
of setting up lab tests. The most important result he said,
would be to find the levels of Endrin dangerous for
human consumption.
Hyland noted that the commission's testing sample was
small. If the commission's testing does not find any
Endrin in the Nebraska waterfowl, the commission still
cannot guarantee that waterfowl in Nebraska will be free
of pesticide traces.
Bill Landis, information specialist with the US.
Government's Public Involvement Branch, said an
Environmental Protection Agency press release reported
the Endrin problem may have been exaggerated.
The press released reported that the EPA's staff toxi
cologist, Henry Spencer, found that Endrin levels in the
waterfowl should have no effect on a human eating the
fowl. Spencer's findings show that a 60-pound child eat
ing a whole bird containing the highest-known level of
Endrin would not be harmed.
Lou Johnson, regional chief of the EPA's toxicology
program in Denver, said that despite the EPA's finding,
his office is still recommending that people don't eat
waterfowl frequently.
Johnson said his office is recommending that persons
consuming waterfowl should skin the birds and dispose of
all organs to reduce the Endrin levels of the fowl. Endrin
settles in the fat of the waterfowl, Johnson said, and by
skinning the birds the consumer eliminates much of the
fat which could contain Endrin.
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