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Title    Tuna Hearts Damaged by Oil Pollution
Date    Saturday February 15 2014, @06:28PM
Author    mattie_p
Topic   
from the want-some-sashimi? dept.
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=14/02/15/189225

janrinok writes:

"The BBC reports that scientists believe tuna swimming in the Gulf of Mexico during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill may have experienced heart damage.

Lab research has demonstrated how crude oil chemicals can disrupt heart function in the fish.

The study (Paywalled Article), published in Science magazine, is part of the ongoing work to try to understand the impacts of the disaster. The gulf is an important spawning ground for bluefin and yellowfin tuna. Tracking studies have indicated that many of these fish would have been in the area during the 2010 disaster.

Scientists have long known that certain chemicals in crude oil – such as polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) – can be harmful to the hearts of embryonic and developing fish. These molecules, which have distinct ring-like structures, cause a slowing of the heart, irregularities in rhythm and even cardiac arrest at high exposures.

The report was being discussed at annual meeting of the American Association of the Advancement of Science (AAAS)"

Links

  1. "BBC" - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26184116
  2. "The study" - http://www.sciencemag.org/content/343/6172/772.full
  3. "annual meeting of the American Association of the Advancement of Science (AAAS)" - http://www.aaas.org/news/tuna-hearts-damaged-gulf-mexico-oil-spill

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