Update on BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill study
Initial results are available from Earthspan’s collaborative project to monitor polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contaminants in peregrines relative to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. See our summary under the Research tab.
Read MorePolycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Monitoring in Migratory Peregrines
The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (DWH) released an estimated 5 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico during April through July 2010. Earthspan and its partners, The Peregrine Fund and the University of Connecticut, collected and analyzed blood samples from migrating Peregrine Falcons at South Padre Island (TX) and Assateague Island (MD) to measure pre and post-spill concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) from 2009-2011. PAHs are known to cause a variety of adverse eco-toxicological impacts that include acute toxicity, reproductive failures, DNA adducts, and...
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