Pollution Linked To Sea Turtle Cancer

Farm runoff and urban pollution in the Hawaiian islands is causing sea turtle tumors, according to a study in PeerJ. The paper by researchers at  Duke University, the University of Hawaii and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration finds that nitrogen in the runoff ends up in algae that the turtles eat, promoting the formation of tumors on the animals' eyes, flippers and internal organs. read more

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