Two Too Toxic To Eat

October 06, 2005

Lab tests conducted at Utah State University reveal two species of ducks that feed on Great Salt Lake marshes have toxic levels of mercury. Utah's State Health Department issued an advisory two days before the opening of duck hunting season to warn hunters that northern shovelers and common goldeneyes are unsafe to eat.

From "Mercury alert: two duck species too toxic to eat," by Patty Henetz and Brett Prettyman, The Salt Lake Tribune, September 30, 2005. For more information, contact Michael Conover, professor, Forest, Range and Wildlife Sciences, College of Natural Resources, Utah State University, 435-797-2436. Mercury in Utah water sources is among the topics to be addressed at the Water in the West: Use, Abuse and Scarcity symposium Oct. 12 in USU's Taggart Student Center auditorium. For symposium information, call 435-797-2452.

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