Abnormal Fish Found Closer to Washington - Waste Suspected

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Male fish that are growing eggs have been found in the Potomac River in Maryland, a federal scientist said last week -- indicating that a troubling pollution mystery in West Virginia has spread downstream toward Washington.

Nine male smallmouth bass, taken from the Potomac about 60 miles from the District, were found to have developed eggs inside their sex organs, said Vicki S. Blazer, a scientist overseeing this research for the U.S. Geological Survey.

News of the abnormal fish comes as authorities in West Virginia -- where the fish problem was first noticed in a Potomac tributary -- are investigating whether there is a link to higher rates of certain cancers in people there.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10750-2004Dec18.html

[NVMojo]

1. yep ...the corporate legacies in the USA keep on giving...