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Globe and Mail: Scientists studying burbot in the Mackenzie River, one of the country's most pristine rivers, have been surprised to discover that mercury, PCBs and DDT in the fish are rising rapidly, a finding they say is linked to climate change. The increase in the amount of harmful chemicals has been huge. In the period from the mid-1990s to 2008, PCBs have risen up to six times, DDT by three times, and mercury by 1.6 times in the burbot, a delicacy in the north described as tasting like a ......
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Mackenzie River’s fish contaminated with dangerous toxins: Scientists
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on February 10th, 2010
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