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Wildlife Toxicology

Study site locations: New York - Hudson River -Spotted sandpiper

Total PCBs were significantly greater in spotted sandpiper eggs from the Hudson River compared to two other  nearby rivers. Twenty percent of the eggs  exceeded 20 mg PCBs/g wet wt., the estimated threshold for reduced hatching in other bird species.

Custer, T. W., C. M. Custer, B. Gray. 2010. Polychlorinated biphenyls, dioxins, furans, and organochlorine pesticides on spotted sandpipers eggs from the upper Hudson River basin, New York.  Ecotoxicology 19:391-404.  "Any opinions presented are those of the principal investigators and not the position of the United States or the Hudson River Trustees."

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