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Health defects found in fish exposed to Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Description: Crude oil toxicity continued to sicken a sentinel Gulf Coast fish species for at least more than a year after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to new findings from a research team. The scientists found that Gulf killifish embryos exposed to sediments from oiled locations in 2010 and 2011 show developmental abnormalities, including heart defects, delayed hatching and reduced hatching success. [Source: University of California, Davis]
URL: http://news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=10575&preview=yes
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Source: University of California, Davis
Publish Date: 5/1/2013
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