A new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society reveals the latest threat to some of our planet's endangered species: Cancer. Tazmanian devils, turtles, whales, sea lions, and dolphins are among those afflicted at rates comparable to those in humans. After reading this short article in treehugger, I am saddened by the hypothesis that carcinogens (undoubtedly man-made, IMO) are at the bottom of this.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
We're all in this together
A new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society reveals the latest threat to some of our planet's endangered species: Cancer. Tazmanian devils, turtles, whales, sea lions, and dolphins are among those afflicted at rates comparable to those in humans. After reading this short article in treehugger, I am saddened by the hypothesis that carcinogens (undoubtedly man-made, IMO) are at the bottom of this.
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That is sad... We can only do our part to not further damage our enviroment, and hope that future generations will do the same..Do you think during the industrial period of our forefathers is the cause? Or us?
Us. Humans. All of the above. Pollution. Think about all the warnings regarding BPA in plastics and how many plastic bottles you see littering the streets and eventually making it to the oceans. And of course it isn't only the individual act of tossing a plastic coke bottle out a car window, it's entire barges of trash headed to India...
I guess it isn't really surprising. I have always said/felt that causes of many cancers are a higher percentage environmental (man made that is) than genetic.
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