SCIENCE ALERT : DOLPHINS WITH FENTANYL IN THEIR BODIES
Excerpts: The researchers found fentanyl — a painkiller 100 times more powerful than morphine – in 24 of the samples, including all post-mortem specimens taken from the six dolphins that had died. The sedative meprobamate and the skeletal muscle relaxant carisoprodol were also found in the marine mammals' blubber.
More than a quarter of Earth's rivers have also been found to contain pharmaceuticals at levels higher than what's considered safe for aquatic organisms, with their waters contributing to concentrations of pollutants in marine environments.
Siren here! I feel sick!
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11/10/10
WHAT CHEMICALS MAKE UP SALT WATER IN OUR OCEANS ?
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