Toxic metals threaten whales -- ‘I don't see any future for whale species except extinction’

[Forkboy]

AGADIR, Morocco — American scientists who shot nearly 1,000 sperm whales with tissue-sampling darts discovered stunningly high levels of toxic and heavy metals in the animals that they say could affect the health of both ocean life and the millions who eat seafood.

A report Thursday noted high levels of cadmium, aluminum, chromium, lead, silver, mercury and titanium in the mammals, according to samples taken over five years.

Analysis of cells from the sperm whales showed that pollution is reaching the farthest corners of the oceans, from deep in the polar region to "the middle of nowhere" in the equatorial regions, said biologist Roger Payne, founder and president of Ocean Alliance that conducted the research. The whales travel on voyages up to 87,000 miles (140,000 kilometers).

"The entire ocean life is just loaded with a series of contaminants, most of which have been released by human beings," Payne said in an interview on the sidelines of the International Whaling Commission's annual meeting.

"These contaminants, I think, are threatening the human food supply. They certainly are threatening the whales and the other animals that live in the ocean," he said.

http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2010/06/toxic-metals-threaten-whales-i-don-see.html

[texastoast]

1. Stupid fucking humans

:cry:

[Cass]

2. The human race sucks. nt

[ZombieHorde]

3. Fucking lame. Thanks for bumming me out before I go do my errands Forkboy. Recommended. nt

[BrklynLiberal]

4. There are no words.....

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[truedelphi]

5. If it is any consolation to you Forkboy,

Warren Porter, who teaches at Univ of Wisconsin in Madison, and has studied toxins in the environment, he has been saying for at least the past eight years that the spiraling increases and buildup of toxins inside our bodies indicates that within one generation (that is, around the year 2022,) human beings will be so infertile that only those able to afford the best and newest end of fertility treatments will be able to reproduce.

So we are gonna go down too. Though if there had been any justice in the system, we'd have been forced to quit reproducing before the dolphins and whales.

[xchrom]

6. You'd think with their research killings the Japanese would know that.

What? You mean it isn't research?