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Pesticides blamed for decline of night herons on East Coast
Nantucket scientist Katharine Parsons links pesticide exposure to deformities and weakened chicks in black crowned night herons across Nantucket Cape Cod Boston Harbor and Delaware Bay. Studies show lesions and low cholinesterase linked to organophosphates and related compounds affecting feeding and predator vulnerability.
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Nantucket
Mass
Katharine Parsons
Manomet Observatory
Plymouth
Massachusetts
Feenage
Parsons
Cape Cod
Boston Harbor
Delaware Bay
Mark Pokras
Tufts University Wildlife Clinic
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Grafton
Kathy
New York Harbor
el Bay
Cotuit Harbor
Parson