| inbluevt | Date: Saturday, 2013/05/04, 9:46 AM | Message # 1 | DMCA |
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Something appears to be amiss at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico's food chain.
Oil buried in sediments in the shallow waters of the Gulf is triggering genetic reactions in the gills and livers of local populations of killifish, a ubiquitous prey for marine species vital to the region's
economy, according to a study published this week in the review Environmental Science & Technology. Researchers linked those genetic changes to cardiovascular problems, reproductive failures, and weakened and listless offspring.
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