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 Stories About: climate AND marine life AND Northwest AND oceans AND pollution and waste AND Washington
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Sound Off
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19 Nov 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Sound Off Some 92,000 acres of mud and sand at the bottom of the Pacific Northwest's Puget Sound is contaminated with dioxin, toxic metals, and PCBs (just for starters), all the result of industrial pollution. In turn, these nasties make their way into the sound's critters. Crabs are poisoned, while orca whales, salmon, and even some herring stocks are disappearing. The sound's be ... |
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| Topics: climate, marine life, Northwest, oceans, pollution and waste, Washington (all these topics) |
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