The Cove
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By , on March 16th, 2010 3 comments   Conservation & Environment, Industry & Government   , , , , , , , , ,  

Disclaimer: This review may not appropriate for all audiences. Certainly not anyone that is sensitive to violence against dolphins. If you think you may be too uncomfortable with this type of content, please do not read any further. ———————————- A week ago I was approached by the PR department that filmed The Cove, an . . . → Read More: The Cove

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Nerve Toxins In The Deep
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By , on March 23rd, 2009 One comment   Conservation & Environment, New Research, Organisms   , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

Some of the species in the genus Pseudo-nitzschia are nasty little diatoms. They produce domoic acid, a neurotoxin typically to blame for all sorts of marine vertebrate deaths. Alfred Hitcocks’s 1963 film “The Birds” dramatizes a bird attack incident blamed on domoic acid. Human consumption of shellfish that has filtered Pseudo-nitzschia leads to amnesic shellfish . . . → Read More: Nerve Toxins In The Deep

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