Mysterious California sea lion deaths linked to toxic synthetic chemicals

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Scientists say animals with higher levels of DDT, PCBs and others in their blubber are more prone to cancer triggered by herpes

Gulland and other scientists studied sea lions that died of various causes along the Sausalito coast in California. The levels of pollutants found in the sea lions blubber are “among the highest recorded in any marine mammal” the researchers said, likely because of the high levels of dumping along the California coast in the 1970s. DDT, the insecticide which was banned in the US in 1972, takes generations to break down and can accumulate easily in fat tissue.

 

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Sad and disgusting

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😢it goes on and on 😖

We are killing every living creature with toxic environmental laws!

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'To protect both wildlife and human health, the study concluded, efforts to prevent ecosystem contamination with persistent organic pollutants have to be improved.'

What surprised me is that it took 20 years for this result

All the things U love and have contribute to this. No one is innocent.

As long as big business make loads of profit, that’s all that matters.....

Not surprised

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