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RECORD NUMBER: 943 OF 1884

Main Title Pollution-caused fish kills in 1963.
CORP Author Public Health Service, Washington, D.C. Div. of Water Supply and Pollution Control.
Publisher U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare,
Year Published 1963
Report Number PHS-Pub-847-63
Stock Number PB-216 112
Subjects Water--Pollution--United States ; Fishes--Diseases and pests ; Fishes, Effect of water pollution on--Statistics ; Fishes--Statistics ; Water--Pollution--Statistics
Additional Subjects ( Water pollution ; Fishes) ; Inventories ; Fishkill ; Water pollution(Animals)
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NTIS  PB-216 112 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation iv, 26 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Abstract
A total of 6,816,530 fish were reported killed by water pollution in the United States in the year ending December 31, 1963, as compared to 6,200,000 the previous year. This fourth annual fish kill report shows that pollutants arising from industrial operations led all categories both as to number of kills and number of fish. Agricultural operations, chiefly pesticides, were second in number. For the first time, this report categorizes pollution attributable to 'transport operations' which accounts for accidental spills of chemicals and other toxic substances in transit.