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Chemicals Are Found In the Blood of Turtles From Great Barrier Reef

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Chemicals from human cosmetics and drugs have been found in the blood of turtles living in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Green turtles were found to have hundreds of thousands of different chemicals in their blood stream, which had caused the animals to suffer from liver dysfunction. Scientists said the discovery highlighted the devastating impact of … Read more

Chemical Cocktail Found In Barrier Reef Turtles

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Human medicines and household substances have been discovered in the blood of green turtles in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, researchers said Friday, highlighting the impact of man-made matter on marine life. Medications for the heart (milrinone) and gout (allopurinol), as well as cosmetic and industrial chemicals, were among hundreds of thousands of substances detected in … Read more