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Puget Sound's Orcas in Trouble

Harry Kimball — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 10:56:01 CDT

The orca population in Washington’s Puget Sound is dropping, and scientists think a scarce food supply is to blame, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. A poor year for chinook salmon—and another is in the forecast—forced the killer whales to spend energy searching further afield for food. Two mature females...

Pollution Decreasing Off US Shores: Study

Nick McMaster — Mon, 12 May 2008 18:35:32 CDT

Levels of pesticides and other toxic chemicals in US coastal waters are generally decreasing, McClatchy reports. A 20-year study by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's Mussel Watch looked at levels of 140 chemicals and found decreasing trends. Laws banning many of the chemicals were passed in the 1970s, but...

Polluted Fish Swamp Great Lakes

Dustin Lushing — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:23:41 CDT

Industrial chemicals contaminate many species of fish that populate the Great Lakes, making them too hazardous for safe human consumption, says a Canadian conservation group. "The lakes continue to be polluted to such an extent that human health is threatened," says a report released yesterday that lists industrial pollutants such...