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Wed, 04/28/2021 - 8:48am
A king salmon that has returned to Ship Creek to spawn attempts to leap over a waterfall near the William Jack Hernandez Sport Fish Hatchery on July 17, 2013, in Anchorage. (Photo/File/Anchorage Daily News)
Are toxins from road runoff a threat to salmon in Anchorage’s most popular fishing streams? A Go Fund Me campaign has been launched so Alaskans can chip in to find out.
The push stems from an organic compound in tires called quinone that was newly identified by researchers at the University of Washington, said Birgit Hagedorn, a geochemist and longtime board member of the Anchorage Waterways Council.
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Organizers’ hope is to partner with the municipality and the University of Alaska to advance studies and encourage tire makers to stop using the toxic compound.