Scientists Reveal Secret Pathologies of Dolphins [What’s New]
Posted by nos.info@noaa.gov on 18 February, 2010
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Researchers from NOAA and its partner institutions recently discovered that bottlenose dolphins inhabiting estuaries along the Georgia coast have the highest levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) ever reported in marine wildlife. The term PCB encompasses a suite of persistent contaminants that have been banned in the United States since the late 1970s due to documented adverse health effects....