Fonofos poisons raptors and waterfowl several months after granular application

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 452-460

  Elliott, John E ^a   Birmingham, Anna L ^a   Wilson, Laurie K ^a   McAdie, Malcolm ^b   Trudeau, Suzanne ^c   Mineau, Pierre ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b Ministry of Environment British Columbia   (Canada)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anticholinesterase; Fonofos; Pesticide poisoning; Raptor; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE EFFECTS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

FONOFOS; RAPTOR; WATERFOWL;

INSECTICIDES;

CHOLINESTERASE; FONOFOS; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOASSAY; BRAIN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD INTAKE; INHIBITION; INSECTICIDE; MORTALITY; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; POISONING; POTATO; RAPTOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATERFOWL;

ARTICLE; CROP PRODUCTION; DUCK; EAGLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GOOSE; INTOXICATION; NONHUMAN; PEST CONTROL; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPTOR; ANIMAL; BEETLE; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; CANADA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; DUCKS AND GEESE; FEMALE; MALE; POLLUTANT; STOMACH JUICE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA;

AGRIOTES; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANATIDAE; AVES; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS; RAPTORES; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

ANIMALS; ANSERIFORMES; BEETLES; BIRD DISEASES; CANADA; CHOLINESTERASES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FONOFOS; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; MALE; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; RAPTORS;

EID: 42449124573     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-178R.1     Document Type: Article

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