Ocean Reef Conservation Team
PCB's in Dolphins... linked to immune system failure...
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), which are linked to immune system suppression and reproductive failure, exist in extremely high levels in the blubber of dead dolphins and whales in many parts of the world.
PCBs are a form of industrial waste now illegal in the United States, but they are still leaching into our waterways from landfills.
With suppressed immune systems, dolphins may succumb to bacterial and viral infections they could otherwise fight off. Morbillivirus is the virus that causes distemper in dogs and measles in people. It is believed that dolphins become susceptible to morbillivirus because toxins in their environment compromise their immune systems.
The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology implicated morbillivirus infection as a primary factor in the deaths of more than 700 bottlenose dolphins along the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast in 1987-1988, more than 17,000 harbor seals in the North Sea in 1988, and more than 1,000 striped dolphins in the Mediterranean Sea in 1990-1991. Researchers also discovered a strain of morbillivirus in bottlenose dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico. (There is no evidence that the strains of morbillivirus infecting marine mammals can infect people.)
http://www.dolphins.org/marineed_threatstodolphins.php
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The EPA says public drinking water
must be under 0.0005 PPM of PCB's
The EPA classifies DIRT at higher
than 50 PPM as a TOXIC WASTE SITE
BEACHED WHALES NOW TEST AT
OVER 1000 PPM OF PCBS !!!
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Clearly this PCB industrial waste was
PIPE-LINED into our once clean Oceans...
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PCBs are a form of industrial waste now illegal in the United States, but they are still leaching into our waterways from landfills.
With suppressed immune systems, dolphins may succumb to bacterial and viral infections they could otherwise fight off. Morbillivirus is the virus that causes distemper in dogs and measles in people. It is believed that dolphins become susceptible to morbillivirus because toxins in their environment compromise their immune systems.
The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology implicated morbillivirus infection as a primary factor in the deaths of more than 700 bottlenose dolphins along the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast in 1987-1988, more than 17,000 harbor seals in the North Sea in 1988, and more than 1,000 striped dolphins in the Mediterranean Sea in 1990-1991. Researchers also discovered a strain of morbillivirus in bottlenose dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico. (There is no evidence that the strains of morbillivirus infecting marine mammals can infect people.)
http://www.dolphins.org/marineed_threatstodolphins.php
Copyright © 2008 DOLPHIN RESEARCH CENTER
This Information Can Be Used with Proper Citing
DOLPHIN RESEARCH CENTER,
58901 Overseas Highway, Grassy Key, FL 33050-6019
305-289-1121
http://www.dolphins.org
http://OpenDoorWorld.com/petition
New Coral Reef Babies :-)
what cute little newbies!
my Clean Ocean PSA
-----------------------
The EPA says public drinking water
must be under 0.0005 PPM of PCB's
The EPA classifies DIRT at higher
than 50 PPM as a TOXIC WASTE SITE
BEACHED WHALES NOW TEST AT
OVER 1000 PPM OF PCBS !!!
-----------------------
Clearly this PCB industrial waste was
PIPE-LINED into our once clean Oceans...
blog: Open Door World . com / blog
reef: Open Door World . com / reef
photos: Open Door World . com / photos
petition: Open Door World . com / petition
G O O G L E : pcb ocean plastic autism...
Key Largo Reef Team Signup: OpenDoorWorld.com / reef
the Recycle Truth
------------------------
http://StoryOfStuff.com
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