An excellent article that I read in Lokvani. I am just saving it here, I am sure that this article will be lost in the archives. Since my daughter is 6 now and going to the same guru i think it will be useful for her to look at this when she is doing her arangetram.
My Arangetram Experience - Mamtha Raj
Mamtha Raj
09/03/2007
Few words can describe the unique feeling of completing an arangetram. The sweat from my neck dripping, the bruises from my bells throbbing, the beads from the tilted Andal bun on my head jingling, and the adrenaline from reaching my mangalam rushing are only four of the feelings I felt the moment I thanked mother Earth in my namaskaram after completing my arangetram. After seriously training for a particular event for over a year, I could not help but shed a singular tear mixed with sadness and relief at the fact it was over. The arangetram experience involves perseverance, diligence, and focus exhibited from the dancer and support given from her audience. My arangetram experience encompassed just that.
I started learning Bharathanatyam at the age of six from my guru Jothi Raghavan. After over nine years of stylized training, I reached the arangetram preparation stage. This is the point where my arangetram experience began for me. During the many hours of training, I learned a great deal about my Indian heritage and culture, the different musical thalams, and the price of hard work.
As the date of my arangetram drew closer, my knowledge of the different thalams and the challenges of crafting jathis (Pure Nritta paragraphs) grew immensely. After working with my Mridangist for 2 weeks prior to the arangetram, almost all of my jathis and Nritta items were tweaked to fit perfectly in beat with the song. At this point in my arangetram experience, nervousness seemed to flood all parts of my life because of the many small flaws, which I disregarded earlier, with a large percentage of my dances. The different thakadimi’s and thakathakita’s perplexed my brain daily, while my guru and Mridangist patiently explained every change to me. As the dancer, I found fool-proofing my dances as the most stressful part of my arangetram experience.
Next, came the week before arangetram practices with my local musicians and my guru. As the week progressed, the dances became more fluid and I finally had reached the point of sincerely anticipating the arangetram and taking pleasure in dancing my most difficult items. Shortly after, came the Friday before arangetram when my family and friends came to the hall in which I was to perform and decorate. Usually a perfectionist, I am often perturbed by the smallest decorative flaws but on this day, I maintained my cool and only concentrated on my dance.
At last, the sun rose on Saturday morning to awaken me on the day of my arangetram. The weather unusually humid and the temperature unusually hot, I climbed out of bed and immediately set to work on crafting a thank you speech. I raced the clock as I cranked out whatever I could possibly say about my family, friends and teacher to accurately express the gratitude I felt. Three hours before my first dance, I managed to eat yogurt rice in the hope of having enough energy to perform. Then, at the arangetram hall, as my teacher got me ready by first attaching the hair piece and many other head decorations, I started to feel the butterflies in my stomach as the time cunningly eased by. After the make up, hairspray, and costume had been set, my friends painted the red on the tips of my fingers and on my toes. Now, as I waited to pray to God and wear my bells, my dance friends calmed me down before my first dance. Fidgeting with my flowers during the entire slokam on Ganesha sung before the Pushpanjali, I stretched and pumped myself for my once in a lifetime experience, my arangetram. As the music of my Pushpanjali played, I allowed my legs to propel me gracefully onto the stage and I began the best day of my life. On stage, it felt as though I was at just another dance practice with my musicians and guru. My feet stamped at the perfect moments in all my off-beat jathis, I felt my face glow with the happiness that my arangetram finally had arrived. The rest of my arangetram passed with ease except of course for the slight problem of being locked out of my dressing room during the intermission, but all turned out well. Finally, after my dance as Andal and my Mangalam, my arangetram was truly over.
To those dancers who are preparing for your arangetrams, I advise you from experience to enjoy every moment of your arangetram day. Enjoy the pain of having your hair basically pulled out in the process of attaching the rakoodi to your head, enjoy the pain of your bells pounding against your feet, enjoy the standing ovation you will receive at the end of your mangalam, enjoy the many compliments you will receive from people you hardly know, and most of all enjoy the care that your friends and family show you throughout your arangetram experience. Although my arangetram training is over, I will still continue to thank my guru by pursuing my passion for dance for many years to come. After my arangetram experience ended, my career as a full-fledged dancer, before on the horizon, is now my present.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Friday, October 05, 2007
A great site which tells the impact of lead on health.
People, animals, and fish are mainly exposed to lead by breathing and ingesting it in food, water, soil, or dust. Lead accumulates in the blood, bones, muscles, and fat. Infants and young children are especially sensitive to even low levels of lead.
organs: lead damages organs
Damages organs - Lead causes damage to the kidneys, liver, brain and nerves, and other organs. Exposure to lead may also lead to osteoporosis (brittle bone disease) and reproductive disorders.
brain: exposure to lead affects the brain Affects the brain and nerves - Excessive exposure to lead causes seizures, mental retardation, behavioral disorders, memory problems, and mood changes. Low levels of lead damage the brain and nerves in fetuses and young children, resulting in learning deficits and lowered IQ.
blue heart: lead exposure affects the heart and blood Affects the heart and blood - Lead exposure causes high blood pressure and increases heart disease, especially in men. Lead exposure may also lead to anemia, or weak blood.
cow and plant: lead damages animals and plants Affects animals and plants - Wild and domestic animals can ingest lead while grazing. They experience the same kind of effects as people who are exposed to lead. Low concentrations of lead can slow down vegetation growth near industrial facilities.
fish: lead affects fish and other animals in water Affects fish - Lead can enter water systems through runoff and from sewage and industrial waste streams. Elevated levels of lead in the water can cause reproductive damage in some aquatic life and cause blood and neurological changes in fish and other animals that live there.
People, animals, and fish are mainly exposed to lead by breathing and ingesting it in food, water, soil, or dust. Lead accumulates in the blood, bones, muscles, and fat. Infants and young children are especially sensitive to even low levels of lead.
organs: lead damages organs
Damages organs - Lead causes damage to the kidneys, liver, brain and nerves, and other organs. Exposure to lead may also lead to osteoporosis (brittle bone disease) and reproductive disorders.
brain: exposure to lead affects the brain Affects the brain and nerves - Excessive exposure to lead causes seizures, mental retardation, behavioral disorders, memory problems, and mood changes. Low levels of lead damage the brain and nerves in fetuses and young children, resulting in learning deficits and lowered IQ.
blue heart: lead exposure affects the heart and blood Affects the heart and blood - Lead exposure causes high blood pressure and increases heart disease, especially in men. Lead exposure may also lead to anemia, or weak blood.
cow and plant: lead damages animals and plants Affects animals and plants - Wild and domestic animals can ingest lead while grazing. They experience the same kind of effects as people who are exposed to lead. Low concentrations of lead can slow down vegetation growth near industrial facilities.
fish: lead affects fish and other animals in water Affects fish - Lead can enter water systems through runoff and from sewage and industrial waste streams. Elevated levels of lead in the water can cause reproductive damage in some aquatic life and cause blood and neurological changes in fish and other animals that live there.
ok. This is old news, but i have not posted anything for a while. Anyway, now that everyone knows about this, esperance bird deaths occurred due to excessive lead pollution.
The company which is responsible for this: Magellan Metals. Magellan, is owned by Canada-based Ivernia Inc
Now the only way the lead contamination was detected was because of bird deaths.
Now:
what would have happened if this lead contamination was not detected?
What kind of health hazzard does lead contamination pose to ordinary citizen?
Are children especially vulnerable due to lead contamination?
Lead paint toys recall is still clear in our mind, what does this massive scale contamination do to long term residents of esperance?
Too many questions.... its a good topic to continue researching tho!!
Another interesting tidbit regarding the closure of Megellan Metals is that it drove prices for lead supply. The mine`s closure has had a dramatic impact on world supplies of lead and helped drive world prices for the metal to record highs this year.
Three-month London Metal Exchange-traded lead raced to nearly US$3,500 in late July. It currently fetches US$2,940/t. At the start of the year it cost less than US$1,700/t.
The company which is responsible for this: Magellan Metals. Magellan, is owned by Canada-based Ivernia Inc
Now the only way the lead contamination was detected was because of bird deaths.
Now:
what would have happened if this lead contamination was not detected?
What kind of health hazzard does lead contamination pose to ordinary citizen?
Are children especially vulnerable due to lead contamination?
Lead paint toys recall is still clear in our mind, what does this massive scale contamination do to long term residents of esperance?
Too many questions.... its a good topic to continue researching tho!!
Another interesting tidbit regarding the closure of Megellan Metals is that it drove prices for lead supply. The mine`s closure has had a dramatic impact on world supplies of lead and helped drive world prices for the metal to record highs this year.
Three-month London Metal Exchange-traded lead raced to nearly US$3,500 in late July. It currently fetches US$2,940/t. At the start of the year it cost less than US$1,700/t.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Lead poisoning fears grow in Esperance with further bird deaths
By David Weber for PM
Western Australia's Health Department is trying to allay fears that the people of the southern coastal town of Esperance may have been contaminated with lead.
The fears stem from the deaths of thousands of birds in and around the town in September 2006 - with more dead birds found last week.
The Department of Environment has found the cause may be lead poisoning.
Lead concentrate has been shipped out of Esperance Port for about 18 months, and even though lead dust has not been conclusively blamed for the bird deaths, shipments have been suspended.
People in the town are fearing for their children's health.
Now that it has found the likely cause of the deaths, the Department of Environment is testing for lead sources around Esperance.
Many of the dead birds found in recent weeks were around schools. But director of Environmental Health Jim Dodds says that does not mean the schools are the source.
He says it is hard to determine lead poisoning and anyone who is worried should get a referral for a blood test from their doctor.
But Mr Dodds says there is no evidence yet that the human population has had any exposure to lead.
"We've seen the results of some analysis of bloods of people who've been done voluntarily in the community, and none of the numbers that we've seen in that have been very high," he said.
"In fact, some of the ones we've seen have been well below Australian average numbers. And we are quite confident that those ones we've seen are well below that guideline value.
"We've seen a family that was connected, we've seen a couple of others and we've also seen the results of occupational lead exposures in the community."
Mr Dodds says if residents have not had their rainwater tanks tested for lead, they should not use them.
"Whilst they've been over the Australian drinking water guideline values, have actually [have] just been over," he said.
"It's not unusual to see that in rainwater tanks, especially if there's lead plumbing devices connected, as there often are in roof catchments. And we want to have a look to just confirm that's the case there."
Shire president Ian Mickel says the people of Esperance do have concerns.
"Whether it's in people's bodies at the present time in minute amounts or not is not what we're looking for," he said.
"It's free for people to go and have a blood test to themselves and check their own personal health.
"But we want to know if this is in our atmosphere or in our environment, spread across our community. And that's what we need to find out as soon as possible.
CSIRO study
Professor Brian Gulson conducted a CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) study into lead levels in Broken Hill in the 1990s.
He has since carried out further studies in Port Pirie, Mount Isa and Hobart.
Now with the Graduate School of the Environment at Macquarie University, Professor Gulson has been asked to help with the Esperance problem.
He says there are new studies associating high lead levels in blood with anti-social behaviour.
"The most important ones these days that are coming out of the studies - especially that have been carried out in the US - are behavioural problems, and they've actually been associating high blood lead levels with delinquency and even... and crime," he said.
"The biggest concern, or one of the big concerns, is the neurological effects, of course, which can affect the learning… give rise to learning difficulties in children."
Professor Gulson says the bird deaths may be an early warning sign for the people of Esperance.
"The birds may be showing us that they're so-called sentinels. The work at Broken Hill, in fact, the alarm bells were rung in Broken Hill by the vets out there showing that the dogs were dying and then the people suddenly say, 'Oh gosh, if the dogs are dying, then what's happening to our children?'," he said.
"And this business of dogs being sentinels, and maybe the birds are being sentinels, was known back in the days of Pliny - talked about dogs dying with a special rapidity. And so certainly if it affects the birds, there's a very good chance that it affects people.
"The most sensitive people, of course, would be young children, who would be crawling around in the dirt and getting the material on their hands and then putting it in their mouth."
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By David Weber for PM
Western Australia's Health Department is trying to allay fears that the people of the southern coastal town of Esperance may have been contaminated with lead.
The fears stem from the deaths of thousands of birds in and around the town in September 2006 - with more dead birds found last week.
The Department of Environment has found the cause may be lead poisoning.
Lead concentrate has been shipped out of Esperance Port for about 18 months, and even though lead dust has not been conclusively blamed for the bird deaths, shipments have been suspended.
People in the town are fearing for their children's health.
Now that it has found the likely cause of the deaths, the Department of Environment is testing for lead sources around Esperance.
Many of the dead birds found in recent weeks were around schools. But director of Environmental Health Jim Dodds says that does not mean the schools are the source.
He says it is hard to determine lead poisoning and anyone who is worried should get a referral for a blood test from their doctor.
But Mr Dodds says there is no evidence yet that the human population has had any exposure to lead.
"We've seen the results of some analysis of bloods of people who've been done voluntarily in the community, and none of the numbers that we've seen in that have been very high," he said.
"In fact, some of the ones we've seen have been well below Australian average numbers. And we are quite confident that those ones we've seen are well below that guideline value.
"We've seen a family that was connected, we've seen a couple of others and we've also seen the results of occupational lead exposures in the community."
Mr Dodds says if residents have not had their rainwater tanks tested for lead, they should not use them.
"Whilst they've been over the Australian drinking water guideline values, have actually [have] just been over," he said.
"It's not unusual to see that in rainwater tanks, especially if there's lead plumbing devices connected, as there often are in roof catchments. And we want to have a look to just confirm that's the case there."
Shire president Ian Mickel says the people of Esperance do have concerns.
"Whether it's in people's bodies at the present time in minute amounts or not is not what we're looking for," he said.
"It's free for people to go and have a blood test to themselves and check their own personal health.
"But we want to know if this is in our atmosphere or in our environment, spread across our community. And that's what we need to find out as soon as possible.
CSIRO study
Professor Brian Gulson conducted a CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) study into lead levels in Broken Hill in the 1990s.
He has since carried out further studies in Port Pirie, Mount Isa and Hobart.
Now with the Graduate School of the Environment at Macquarie University, Professor Gulson has been asked to help with the Esperance problem.
He says there are new studies associating high lead levels in blood with anti-social behaviour.
"The most important ones these days that are coming out of the studies - especially that have been carried out in the US - are behavioural problems, and they've actually been associating high blood lead levels with delinquency and even... and crime," he said.
"The biggest concern, or one of the big concerns, is the neurological effects, of course, which can affect the learning… give rise to learning difficulties in children."
Professor Gulson says the bird deaths may be an early warning sign for the people of Esperance.
"The birds may be showing us that they're so-called sentinels. The work at Broken Hill, in fact, the alarm bells were rung in Broken Hill by the vets out there showing that the dogs were dying and then the people suddenly say, 'Oh gosh, if the dogs are dying, then what's happening to our children?'," he said.
"And this business of dogs being sentinels, and maybe the birds are being sentinels, was known back in the days of Pliny - talked about dogs dying with a special rapidity. And so certainly if it affects the birds, there's a very good chance that it affects people.
"The most sensitive people, of course, would be young children, who would be crawling around in the dirt and getting the material on their hands and then putting it in their mouth."
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Lead-related native bird deaths in Esperance.
Western Australia's Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) says its latest tests show that the lead which caused thousands of native bird deaths in Esperance last year has also caused more fatalities in the past week.
Nearly 200 birds have been found dead this month in the south coast town and yesterday the DEC revealed a sample of 10 carcasses containing lead levels up to 10 times higher than a fatal dose.
On Monday the Esperance Port suspended lead shipments while the source of the heavy metal is found.
DEC spokesman Dave Mell says they have started to collect native flowers to assess whether the birds are ingesting the lead.
He says the location of the bodies when they were found is unlikely to help ascertain the source of the poisoning.
"It's possible they're feeding away from the zone, coming into an area to roost and then dying while they're roosting. That's one possibility," Mr Mell said.
"The other possibility is that they're suffering from an acute poisoning event and t
Western Australia's Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) says its latest tests show that the lead which caused thousands of native bird deaths in Esperance last year has also caused more fatalities in the past week.
Nearly 200 birds have been found dead this month in the south coast town and yesterday the DEC revealed a sample of 10 carcasses containing lead levels up to 10 times higher than a fatal dose.
On Monday the Esperance Port suspended lead shipments while the source of the heavy metal is found.
DEC spokesman Dave Mell says they have started to collect native flowers to assess whether the birds are ingesting the lead.
He says the location of the bodies when they were found is unlikely to help ascertain the source of the poisoning.
"It's possible they're feeding away from the zone, coming into an area to roost and then dying while they're roosting. That's one possibility," Mr Mell said.
"The other possibility is that they're suffering from an acute poisoning event and t
Thursday, February 22, 2007
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2. Slide.com
3. bebo.com
4. meebo.com
5. wikia.com
6. Joost.com
7. dabble.com
8. metacafe.com
9. revision3.com
10. www.blip.tv
11. fon.com
12. loopt.com
13. getmobio.com
14. tinypictures.com
15. soonr.com
16. turn.com
17. adify.com
18. admob.com
19. spotrunner.com
20. virtue.com
21. successfactors.com
22. janrain.com
23. logoworks.com
24. reardencommerce.com
25. simulscribe.com
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
The Department of Environment's Nature Protection Branch Manager, David Mell.
DAVID MELL: We've tested a range of toxins, which primarily are heavy metals and pesticides. There are a number of figures in there that are intriguing in terms of their levels. But what we don't know is whether those levels are normal for birds in that vicinity.
DAVID WEBER: There was a suggestion earlier that the deaths could have been caused by heavy metal contamination.
Can that now be ruled out?
DAVID MELL: It can't be entirely at this point in time, no.
DAVID WEBER: What about contamination into the food chain from algal blooms?
DAVID MELL: Yes, there's no evidence to suggest that algal blooms are, or similar events like botulism, have had an impact. You would expect to see an impact on waterfowl. That hasn't been the case. The principal group of birds that have been affected are birds that feed on nectar, but they also feed on insects.
DAVID WEBER: And those kinds of birds have been returning to Esperance in numbers.
DAVID MELL: Those kinds of birds, my understanding, have begun returning, so things like New Holland honeyeaters, silvereyes, red wattle birds and mynas, which are the birds that were mostly affected appear to be starting to move back into the area.
DAVID WEBER: The Department of Environment will collect more birds from around the Esperance area, and take samples.
It will compare them with those taken from the birds that died in December. It's hoped that this will determine what is a safe level of toxicity.
David Mell says he's never seen an event like this before. He says the deaths of about 200 tree martins in the wheatbelt town of Narembeen last month was also surprising.
But Mr Mell says the Department has ruled out any link.
DAVID MELL: What we've been able to do, we have an understanding of the biology of that particular species, and the coincidence of the sudden weather change is likely to be the cause of death of those birds and we're confident that the incident in Narembeen is not related to the Esperance incident.
DAVID WEBER: The deaths of the birds in Esperance came some time before the weather changed, because it preceded the cyclone by some several weeks.
DAVID MELL: That's right. So what we're saying is that the weather change, that is not one of the factors we are considering in terms of the bird deaths at Esperance and consequently we've also ruled out diseases - bird flu, a range of things. Histopathologies showed no evidence of viral or bacterial infections and so the area that we're focusing on at the moment is toxins.
DAVID WEBER: How confident are you that a cause will be able to be determined?
DAVID MELL: That's not possible for me to answer at this point in time because of the range of variables that are persistent at the moment.
ELEANOR HALL: That's the Western Australian Department of Environment's David Mell speaking to David Weber in Perth.
DAVID MELL: We've tested a range of toxins, which primarily are heavy metals and pesticides. There are a number of figures in there that are intriguing in terms of their levels. But what we don't know is whether those levels are normal for birds in that vicinity.
DAVID WEBER: There was a suggestion earlier that the deaths could have been caused by heavy metal contamination.
Can that now be ruled out?
DAVID MELL: It can't be entirely at this point in time, no.
DAVID WEBER: What about contamination into the food chain from algal blooms?
DAVID MELL: Yes, there's no evidence to suggest that algal blooms are, or similar events like botulism, have had an impact. You would expect to see an impact on waterfowl. That hasn't been the case. The principal group of birds that have been affected are birds that feed on nectar, but they also feed on insects.
DAVID WEBER: And those kinds of birds have been returning to Esperance in numbers.
DAVID MELL: Those kinds of birds, my understanding, have begun returning, so things like New Holland honeyeaters, silvereyes, red wattle birds and mynas, which are the birds that were mostly affected appear to be starting to move back into the area.
DAVID WEBER: The Department of Environment will collect more birds from around the Esperance area, and take samples.
It will compare them with those taken from the birds that died in December. It's hoped that this will determine what is a safe level of toxicity.
David Mell says he's never seen an event like this before. He says the deaths of about 200 tree martins in the wheatbelt town of Narembeen last month was also surprising.
But Mr Mell says the Department has ruled out any link.
DAVID MELL: What we've been able to do, we have an understanding of the biology of that particular species, and the coincidence of the sudden weather change is likely to be the cause of death of those birds and we're confident that the incident in Narembeen is not related to the Esperance incident.
DAVID WEBER: The deaths of the birds in Esperance came some time before the weather changed, because it preceded the cyclone by some several weeks.
DAVID MELL: That's right. So what we're saying is that the weather change, that is not one of the factors we are considering in terms of the bird deaths at Esperance and consequently we've also ruled out diseases - bird flu, a range of things. Histopathologies showed no evidence of viral or bacterial infections and so the area that we're focusing on at the moment is toxins.
DAVID WEBER: How confident are you that a cause will be able to be determined?
DAVID MELL: That's not possible for me to answer at this point in time because of the range of variables that are persistent at the moment.
ELEANOR HALL: That's the Western Australian Department of Environment's David Mell speaking to David Weber in Perth.
Friday, February 02, 2007
What is happening to the birds in Australia?
Chronology
Here is an article from bmiers.blogspot.com
Chronology
Here is an article from bmiers.blogspot.com
Something very curious started happening in a coastal Australian town called Esperance, birds began falling dead from the sky in early December 2006. By January 9th Esperance residents reported five thousand dead birds. So many birds were dead that Esperance was declared a natural disaster zone. The dying didn't stop until there were no more birds left to die.
The birds were dying around water sources, where they flew to quench an insatiable thirst. Investigators found that the dead birds had empty stomachs. People witnessed birds convulsing before they finally succumbed to their death. What was causing this?
Investigators raced to find the cause. First they ruled out infectious disease and bacterial infection, and they turned their attention to toxins, and the nearby swamp. People began to speculate that perhaps the birds were deliberately poisoned , or maybe a dry winter was the cause. Most of the dead birds were insect and nectar eaters. The birds internal organs were decaying quickly after death, authorities needed freshly dead birds to autopsy. The problem was that there were no birds left. Finally a wattle-bird, in the throes of death was handed over to authorities, they would be able to freeze the remains and preserve the bird for autopsy.
Authorities believe the most likely cause is toxic poisoning. The question remains, what toxin? Pesticides? Authorities are awaiting the autopsy results.
Two hundred dead swallows were found in Narembeen, 380 kilometers from Esperance.
The birds in Narembeen were determined to be treemartins, similar to swallows. The birds actually died two weeks ago, making it difficult for authorities to determine what caused their deaths. Test results on the Esperance birds are due back early next week.
Esperance bird mystery deepens
February 02, 2007 06:00am
Article from: AAP
WILDLIFE officials will kill 15 healthy birds in a bid to discover why thousands of native birds dropped dead from the sky at Esperance, on WA's south coast.
While some birds are returning to the area almost two months after the mysterious deaths sparked worldwide scientific attention, authorities are no closer to knowing what caused the phenomenon.
The 15 healthy birds will be shot or trapped under special licence to provide a "control" sample to check background levels of toxins. These will be compared to levels in the birds that died.
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Bird deaths baffle experts
This story is from The Sunday Times
Bird deaths baffle experts
January 21, 2007
SCIENTISTS are yet to determine what is responsible for killing more than 4000 birds in Esperance.
The Department of Agriculture is continuing tests for evidence of poisoning from pesticides or toxins, which has emerged as the most likely cause of the deaths.
The Department of Environment and Conservation estimates 4000 native nectar eating birds have died in Esperance, 730km south-east of Perth, since early in December.
In some areas, entire populations of wattle birds, honeyeaters and miners have disappeared. Autopsies have ruled out bacterial or viral infections as the cause of the deaths.
A DEC spokesman said results of the latest tests should be available later this week.
This story is from The Sunday Times
Bird deaths baffle experts
January 21, 2007
SCIENTISTS are yet to determine what is responsible for killing more than 4000 birds in Esperance.
The Department of Agriculture is continuing tests for evidence of poisoning from pesticides or toxins, which has emerged as the most likely cause of the deaths.
The Department of Environment and Conservation estimates 4000 native nectar eating birds have died in Esperance, 730km south-east of Perth, since early in December.
In some areas, entire populations of wattle birds, honeyeaters and miners have disappeared. Autopsies have ruled out bacterial or viral infections as the cause of the deaths.
A DEC spokesman said results of the latest tests should be available later this week.
Bird Deaths in Esperance: Update
200 More birds have been found dead 240 km east of perth and 380 km from esperance. There has been reports that these deaths are as a result of a chemical spill, industrial poison or a naturally occuring posion. There has been no conclusive evidence and it still baffles authorities.
200 More birds have been found dead 240 km east of perth and 380 km from esperance. There has been reports that these deaths are as a result of a chemical spill, industrial poison or a naturally occuring posion. There has been no conclusive evidence and it still baffles authorities.
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Friday, January 12, 2007
Thousands of Birds fall from the sky in australia.
This happened in remote southwestern Australia. Esperance, Western Australia,
Also,
Earlier this week, authorities discovered 63 dead birds in a section of downtown Austin, Texas, and temporarily shut down the area. Officials are awaiting lab results to determine the cause of the deaths.
Its important to keep track of these trends and find out what exactly happened. I will do a search on these stories again in a week and post what the root cause is for this?
This happened in remote southwestern Australia. Esperance, Western Australia,
Also,
Earlier this week, authorities discovered 63 dead birds in a section of downtown Austin, Texas, and temporarily shut down the area. Officials are awaiting lab results to determine the cause of the deaths.
Its important to keep track of these trends and find out what exactly happened. I will do a search on these stories again in a week and post what the root cause is for this?
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