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Toxicity and bioavailability studies of lead and other elements in the Lower Coeur d'Alene River Item Info

This work developed following reported high waterfowl deaths and illnesses in Spring 1982. Idaho Department of Fish and Game (Bruner 1982 personal communication) estimated that 200 tundra swans had died of a flight of 1,200. Approximately a dozen Canada geese also died. This was the first reported episode subsequent to implementation of a series of measures to reduce contamination of LCDAR that included measures such as settling ponds for mill tailings (1968) and taller smelter stacks (1974). In 1981, the lead smelter, electrolytic zinc plant, phosphoric acid and fertilizer plants, cadmium plant, and sulfuric acid plants at the Bunker Hill complex were closed (Savage 1986). Notwithstanding, these measures and in spite of the obvious changes in the nature and extent of contamination of the LCDAR, waterfowl remained at risk. Report prepared for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.

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Title:
Toxicity and bioavailability studies of lead and other elements in the Lower Coeur d'Alene River
Authors:
Krieger, Robert I.
Date Created (ISO Standard):
1989-12-18
Description:
This work developed following reported high waterfowl deaths and illnesses in Spring 1982. Idaho Department of Fish and Game (Bruner 1982 personal communication) estimated that 200 tundra swans had died of a flight of 1,200. Approximately a dozen Canada geese also died. This was the first reported episode subsequent to implementation of a series of measures to reduce contamination of LCDAR that included measures such as settling ponds for mill tailings (1968) and taller smelter stacks (1974). In 1981, the lead smelter, electrolytic zinc plant, phosphoric acid and fertilizer plants, cadmium plant, and sulfuric acid plants at the Bunker Hill complex were closed (Savage 1986). Notwithstanding, these measures and in spite of the obvious changes in the nature and extent of contamination of the LCDAR, waterfowl remained at risk. Report prepared for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
Subjects:
lead heavy metals bioaccumulation pollution
Location:
Coeur d'Alene River
Latitude:
47.51
Longitude:
-116.15
Collection:
Coeur d'Alene Basin
Rights:
In copyright, educational use permitted. Educational use includes non-commercial reproduction of text and images in materials for teaching and research purposes. For other contexts beyond fair use, including digital reproduction, please contact the University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives Department at libspec@uidaho.edu. The University of Idaho Library is not liable for any violations of the law by users.
Publisher:
University of Idaho
Contributing Institution:
University of Idaho
Type:
Text
Format:
application/pdf
Cataloger:
wbv
Date Digitized:
2012

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"Toxicity and bioavailability studies of lead and other elements in the Lower Coeur d'Alene River", Idaho Waters Digital Library, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/iwdl/items/iwdl-cda_krieger_1989.html
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