Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Toxic environment triggering cancer in animals


ENN report reveals that current research points to environmental pollutants as the cause of deadly cancers in several wildlife populations around the world thus jeopardizing the biodiversity. Normally rare in wildlife, cancers in California sea lions, North Sea flounder and Great Lakes catfish seem to have been triggered or accelerated by environmental contaminants.

Other animals, including Tasmanian Devils, sea turtles, woodchucks, eels and sperm whales, also have been stricken with cancers, although they appear to stem from natural causes, including viruses, spontaneous tumors, or genetic factors.

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