Reduction of Fluoride Deposition in the Vicinity of a Brown Coal-Fired Power Plant as Indicated by Bone Fluoride Concentrations of Roe Deer ( Capreolus capreolus).

The article cites a study which assesses the bone fluoride concentrations in roe deer and the degree of fluoride deposition into a wildlife habitat near a brown coal-fired power plant in Germany. The examination on the skeletal fluoride content of wild deer for the period of 1973-1986 and the following period of 1987-1998 found that its concentration on deer population decreased to a level which was slightly higher from those found in European regions. The skeletal fluoride concentration in stags from the polluted areas was 1448 parts per million (ppm), while only 322 ppm on those that came from unpolluted areas.