Caribbean Net News: Carcinogens found in marine life in island of Vieques in Puerto Rico - 0 views
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Energy Net on 23 Feb 09VIEQUES, Puerto Rico: After gathering samples from an underwater nuclear bomb target - the USS Killen -- since 1999 in the small island of Vieques in Puerto Rico, University of Georgia Ecologist James Porter thought he would find evidence of radioactive material but instead discovered that unexploded munitions in the waters around the island are leaking cancer causing matter. These carcinogenic materials are absorbed by marine life and could very well be transferred to humans when they eat seafood, fished in the area. In addition, data revealed that the closer corals and marine life were to unexploded bombs from the World War II vessel and the surrounding target range, the higher the rates of carcinogenic materials.