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Science 20 May 1983:
Vol. 220. no. 4599, pp. 871 - 873
DOI: 10.1126/science.6844918
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Science, Vol 220, Issue 4599, 871-873
Copyright © 1983 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Heinz-body hemolytic anemia from the ingestion of crude oil: a primary toxic effect in marine birds

FA Leighton, DB Peakall, and RG Butler

Hemolytic anemia developed in young herring gulls and Atlantic puffins given daily oral doses of a Prudhoe Bay crude oil. Anemia developed 4 to 5 days after the initiation of oil ingestion and was accompanied by Heinz-body formation and a strong regenerative response. The data evince a toxic effect on circulating red blood cells involving an oxidative biochemical mechanism and the first clear evidence of a primary mechanism of toxicity from the ingestion of crude oil by birds.


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