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Join Date: Nov 2008
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Toxic turtles: Long-lasting chemicals could be harming sea turtles
By Brett Israel Environmental Health News March 14, 2013 Toxic turtles: Long-lasting chemicals could be harming sea turtles. — Environmental Health News excerpt from above: Quote:
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Official Plant Nerd
Join Date: Dec 2008
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Hey spruce..... this is the same thing that's happening to the seals that polar bears are eating.
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Heron
Join Date: Apr 2010
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So the Polar Bears are getting a good dose of toxins too.[From consuming the Walrus and Seals]
I like the way the article pointed out this is an across the board problem; mammals, reptiles fish, and birds are all effected. I think there's a link between having acidic oceans that isn't helping coral formation, egg production and even healthy shells that we aren't even studying now.
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Ya.... they're all being negatively impacted by the chemical cocktails we've allowed. I'm not so sure about the "alleged" ocean acidification link the media have been bombarding us with though especially as pertains to coral fecundity. Although we haven't been funding any research recently that points a finger to much of anything but ocean acidification as the decline "culprit".... other countries have been. There's some interesting hematypic research out there surfacing that's pointing to some very real foes beyond coal dust from "developing" countries.
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