Monthly Archives: April 2011

Chemical found in crude oil linked to congenital heart disease: Fetal exposure to solvents may damage heart

TweetScienceDaily (Apr. 30, 2011) — While it may be years before the health effects of the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico are known, a new study shows that fetal exposure to a chemical found in crude oil … Continue reading

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Mapping pollutant threats to sea turtles: Satellite tracking reveals potential threat posed by human-made chemicals

TweetScienceDaily (Apr. 29, 2011) — Persistent organic pollutants are consistently showing up in the blood and eggs of loggerhead sea turtles, and the turtles accumulate more of the contaminant chemicals the farther they travel up the Atlantic coast. The pollutants … Continue reading

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