Oregon River Water Causing Fish Deformities
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - Deformed fish found for years in a stretch of Oregon's Willamette River were damaged by something in the water, not by genetic defects as had previously been believed, according to a new study released on Friday.
Of 372 trout sampled, 34 percent that had been exposed to Willamette River water for two weeks had deformities compared with nine percent of the fish raised in the laboratory, the study found.
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - Deformed fish found for years in a stretch of Oregon's Willamette River were damaged by something in the water, not by genetic defects as had previously been believed, according to a new study released on Friday.
Of 372 trout sampled, 34 percent that had been exposed to Willamette River water for two weeks had deformities compared with nine percent of the fish raised in the laboratory, the study found.
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