Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Langmann, Rudy
issued: 2022-09-22
issued: 1976-12-22
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note: Victoria B0 Jun?7 STAR CHRISTMAS ISSUE INSIDE: Chemical not death cause Young carolers at Countyllne. Morc pictures of school Christmas concerts Inside. Bernie Stcinwnod and Crusader visit the North Pole. Sec page 3. Langley District Mayor George Driediger pulled the winning ticket In the Reno Contest sponsored by Aldergrove merchants. Luckv winner was Mrs. Kay Ka\. Local vet stands by claims that 2-4-D dangerous By GARY CHAMBERS ALDERGROVE — Final results of a physical and chemical autopsy performed on the body of a dog belonging to Barbara Wellicome of Aldergrove were brought down last week. The report by Dr. E.W. Gilchrist, a pathologist with the B.C. government's veterinary laboratory in Abbotsford, was based on the level of herbicide found in the dog's body and a report from a veterinary college in Saskatchewan on canine digestive capacities. It concluded that the ingestion of the chemicals 2-4-D and 2-4-5-T could not have caused the dog's death as was previously suspected by Wellicome. In a report in the A.S.M. News of Abbotsford last week. Dr. Gilchrist was quoted as saying, "There was an obvious cause of death...a very malignant lymphosarcoma (cancerous tumor)." Dr. James McClendon of the Aldergrove Veterinary Clinic, who acted on Wellicome's behalf in ordering the various reports and post-mortem examinations, released the details of his final diagnosis Friday. He said the report from Dr. Gilchrist along with other data collected would confirm that the herbicides consumed by the dog could not have caused it's death. "We didn't seem to relate anything directly to the chemicals," he stated. Dr. McClendon, however, did reiterate his concern over the use of 2-4-D in areas populated by people or animals. "I'm afraid there is proof that it has a reaction on the division of cells," he told The Star. Dr. McClendon quoted another report in his possession prepared by three research doctors at Guelph University in Ontario. Canada's most respected veterinary college. He…
note: Title changes in chronological order: Aldergrove Herald (1957-10-16 to 1958-02-20), Aldergrove News (1958-02-27 to 1964-04-30), Central Fraser Valley Echo (1964-05-06 to 1964-12-23), Central Fraser Valley Star (1967-01-17 to 1969-02-05), and Aldergrove Star (1969-02-12 to 1991-12-31). Presented to the Alder Grove Heritage Society by Kurt Langmann and Family, July 1, 2021.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Aldergrove (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0420372
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Aldergrove : Central Fraser Valley Star Publishing Ltd.
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
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