Flounder now tumor-free in Boston Harbor

(Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) In the late 1980s, more than three-quarters of the winter flounder caught in Boston Harbor -- one of the most polluted harbors in America -- showed signs of liver disease, many of them with cancerous tumors. But now, a scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has documented a dramatic rebound in flounder health spurred by decades of remediation efforts.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news