Re: bent spines/was Winter 1967

[Barry Cooper <bjc3 at cornell_edu>]

That theory was just that, a theory. The eventual culprit turned out to be 
a parasite that causes deformities, depending on where it lodged. See 
Scientific American January 2003. That is not to say that the cause if this 
fish anomaly is not a toxin leached from plastics. One has to be careful 
about assigning blame in these things, though. Many people were convinced 
that the frog problem was due to pollutants.

Barry

At 12:04 AM 8/5/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> Hello Bill,
>
> You might remember, 2-3 years ago, reading about deformed frogs in the
> NW US. It was in all the news. It was tracked down to phthalic esters
> (i.e. plasticizers) at parts-per billion or parts-per trillion
> concentrations, that show some hormone-like action.
>
> For storing water, if you don't have a food-grade drum (or a food-grade
> liner for a regular drum) you can use 1 gallon milk jars. It is a bother
> to work with such small containers, but they are 100% safe -- and they
> are for free -- if your family drinks milk. :-)
>
> Best,
>
> George
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Barry J. Cooper, Prof. Emeritus, Dept. Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University
Adjunct faculty, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University
Home address: 27505 Riggs Hill Rd., Sweet Home, OR 97386 (bjc3 at cornell_edu)


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