Sunday, October 08, 2006

Marine Scientists Report Massive 'Dead Zones'

Are cause by accumulation of human and industrial waste products in the ocean. Why is this being reported on this website? Well, there are certain special side effects, as seen in this report

Such waste can contain high levels of toxic chemicals, heavy metals and excreted pharmaceuticals. The latter pose risks that are only beginning to be understood. Emerging research shows negative impacts on marine life from residues of birth control and antidepressant drugs like Prozac even at extremely low concentrations of less than one part per billion.

"The big unknown" is what effect these pharmaceutical residues might have on chronically exposed plants, animals and people, Christian Daughton, chief of the environmental chemistry branch at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has been reported as saying.
All this negative impact, and yet we still insist on ingesting these things into our bodies.

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