Published in PeerJ · View the paper (DOI)
A new study published in PeerJ found that pollution in urban and farm runoff in Hawaii causes tumors in endangered sea turtles. The researchers discovered that high levels of nitrogen in the runoff promote the formation of tumors on the animals' eyes, flippers, and internal organs.
Coverage from 2 institutions
- Pollution linked to lethal sea turtle tumors Duke University · Sep 30, 2014 · first to report
- Turtle tumors linked to excessive nitrogen from land-based pollution University of Hawaii at Manoa · Oct 13, 2014