Beach Warning After Animals Die
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Beach Warning After Animals Die
Date:
Tue, 17 Sep 2002 11:22:46 -0400
From:
Stephen Tvedten <steve@getipm.com>
Organization: Get Set Inc. (www.getipm.com)
To: Paul Helliker <phelliker@cdpr.ca.gov>
Director, State of California, Department of Pesticide
Regulation
cc: Christine Whitman whitman.christine@epa.gov
Beach warning after animals die
Wellington's Medical Officer of Health says people should avoid a Kapiti Coast beach after the mysterious deaths of dozens of seagulls, fish and a dog.
The local council has told people to keep dogs off North Beach after one died and another needed eight hours of vet care, possibly after eating seagulls or fish which have littered the beach for ten days.
Testing has not detected 1080 or cyanide and the council says there is no evidence of risk to humans.
But Doctor Stephen Palmer says until the cause of the latest deaths is known people should stay away from the beach.
Dr Palmer says toxic algae in local creeks has killed dogs in the past and could affect humans, with children most at risk.
Published on Sep 08, 2002
ONE News sourced from TVNZ, RNZ, Reuters and AAP
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