GOT A QUESTION? USFWS Customer Service Center TTY:
1-800-877-8339 (Federal Relay) ". . . synthetic pesticides have
been so thoroughly distributed throughout the animate and
inanimate world that they occur virtually everywhere. They have
been recovered from most of the major river systems and even
from streams of groundwater flowing unseen through the earth.
Residues of these chemicals linger in soil to which they may
have been applied a dozen years before. . . They have been found
in fish in remote mountain lakes, in earthworms burrowing in
soil, in the eggs of birds--and in man himself." - Rachel
Carson, Silent Spring Pollution is one of the American public's
greatest environmental concerns. Like the proverbial "canary in
the coal mine," fish and wildlife often signal pollution
problems that ultimately affect people and their quality of
life. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is the main
federal agency dedicated to protecting wildlife and their
habitat from pollution's harmful effects, helping to