Saturday, April 19, 2008

Harbor seals may help determine effect on humans of eating toxic fish

Harbor seals in San Francisco Bay are so contaminated with chemicals such as flame retardants and the pesticide DDT that scientists are studying whether the pollutants hurt the pups' chances of survival, data that can add to knowledge about the contaminants' effects on humans. San Francisco Chronicle, California, 19 October 2007. Full article

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