Document Details
Title:
THE JANUARY 1971 SHEEP DEATH INCIDENT NEAR GARRISON UTAH ( SEE 18165 )
Subject Terms:
SHEEP; DEATH; PLANTS; ENVIRONMENT; NAEG COLLECTION; INCIDENTS
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
REPORT
Publication Date:
1971 Nov 30
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0011
Accession Number:
NV0005254
Document Number(s):
SWRHL114R
Originating Research Org.:
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, U.S.
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 26
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
THE ACUTE DEATH NEAR GARRISON, UTAH, IN JANUARY, 1971, OF SOME 1,250 S HEEP FROM A FLOCK OF 2,600 WAS THE OBJECT OF NATIONAL ATTENTION. THE IMPLIED CAUSE OF EITHER NERVE GAS FROM DUGWAY PROVING GROUNDS OR RADIA TION FROM THE NEVADA TEST SITE WAS THE PRINCIPAL NEWSWORTHY INGREDIENT USED TO FOCUS NATIONAL INTEREST AND WAS THE REASON USED TO INITIATE S EVERAL INVESTIGATIONS TO DETERMINE THE TRUE CAUSE OF THE DEATHS. BASE D ON EARLY ACCOUNTS OF THE INCIDENT, SCIENTISTS FROM THE WESTERN ENVIR ONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY POSTULATED THAT WEED POISONING, PROBABLY HALOGETON GLOMERATUS, WAS A PROBABLE CAUSE OF DEATH. THIS POSTULATE W AS SUBSEQUENTLY CONFIRMED BY THE FIELD AND LABORATORY RESULTS OF SEVER AL INVESTIGATIVE GROUPS. THE FINDINGS OF THE INVESTIGATION IN WHICH T HE WESTERN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY SCIENTISTS PARTICIPATED A RE PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED.