[CPEO-MEF] FUDS, BIOTA: Toxic Aleutian (AK) fish

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Aleutian fish still contaminated by old military sites

Anchorage Daily News (AK)
March 22, 2010

Fish caught in waters near old military sites in the western Aleutian 
Islands have more chemical contaminants than do fish caught farther 
away, according to a study reported by KUCB in Unalaska.

Biologist Keith Miles of the U.S. Geological Survey was part of a team 
that tested fish for organochlorines -- including PCBs used in 
electrical lubricants and pesticides -- in the livers of halibut, cod 
and greenling caught near decommissioned military bases established 
during World War II and the Cold War. In many cases the chemicals stored 
at the sites were dumped or left behind.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.adn.com/2010/03/22/1194421/aleutian-fish-still-contamined.html


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Lenny Siegel
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