Wildlife as sentinels of human health effects in the Great Lakes--St. Lawrence basin.

• Main Author: Fox, G A
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2001
• Subjects: Research Article; Bay Lake; Canada; Green Bay; Beluga; Beluga*
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240620; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11744503

There is no existing formal, long-term program for gathering evidence of the incidence and severity of the health effects of toxic substances in wildlife. However, research-based studies of bald eagles, herring gulls, night herons, tree swallows, snapping turtles, mink, and beluga over the past 30 y...