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- <text id=89TT2781>
- <title>
- Oct. 23, 1989: American Notes:California
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
- Oct. 23, 1989 Is Government Dead?
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- NATION, Page 43
- American Notes
- CALIFORNIA
- The Pelicans Are Dying
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- <p> The 3.4 million residents of Los Angeles draw 40% of their
- fresh water from Crowley Lake, 300 miles north of the city, and its
- connected waterways. Since early September, 300 white pelicans have
- been found dead in or near the lake. That combination of facts has
- alarmed Angelenos, especially since no one is sure what killed the
- birds.
- </p>
- <p> So far, examination of the carcasses has turned up no unusual
- concentrations of toxic substances in the pelicans. One wild theory
- is that fishermen may have poisoned the birds so that fewer of the
- lake's trout will be eaten by them. Wildlife biologists scoff at
- such speculation, and city water officials insist that there is
- nothing in the water to harm humans. But until the Great White
- Pelican Mystery is solved, worry and rumor, unlike the birds, seem
- certain to thrive.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
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