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Sea lions are dying from a mysterious cancer The culprits? Herpes and DDT

Sea lions are dying from a mysterious cancer. The culprits? Herpes and DDT By Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times Published: February 15, 2021, 6:00am Share: LOS ANGELES On a former Cold War missile base perched high above the Golden Gate Bridge, in what is now the largest marine mammal hospital in the world, Frances Gulland still remembers the shock she felt when she first started working here as a veterinarian 26 years ago. A male sea lion had washed ashore in severe pain. His hind flippers were swollen, his lymph nodes riddled with tumors. Cancer had taken over his kidneys and turned his spine to mush. First responders at the Marine Mammal Center told Gulland they saw this in sea lions all the time.

Sea lions are dying from a mysterious cancer The culprits? Herpes and DDT

Sea lions are dying from a mysterious cancer. The culprits? Herpes and DDT Rosanna Xia © Provided by The LA Times The Marine Mammal Center s chief pathologist Pádraig Duignan, right, and fellow Maggie Martinez perform a necropsy on a California sea lion that was euthanized due to untreatable cancer. (Bill Hunnewell / Marine Mammal Center) On a former Cold War missile base perched high above the Golden Gate Bridge, in what is now the largest marine mammal hospital in the world, Frances Gulland still remembers the shock she felt when she first started working here as a veterinarian 26 years ago. A male sea lion had washed ashore in severe pain. His hind flippers were swollen, his lymph nodes riddled with tumors. Cancer had taken over his kidneys and turned his spine to mush. First responders at the Marine Mammal Center told Gulland they saw this in sea lions all the time.

Sea lions are dying from a mysterious cancer in California - the culprits? Herpes and DDT -- Earth Changes -- Sott net

© Bill Hunnewell / Marine Mammal Center Barbie Halaska, right, necropsy manager at the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, and lab assistant Jackie Isbell measure a California sea lion that was euthanized due to untreatable cancer.On a former Cold War missile base perched high above the Golden Gate Bridge, in what is now the largest marine mammal hospital in the world, Frances Gulland still remembers the shock she felt when she first started working here as a veterinarian 26 years ago. A male sea lion had washed ashore in severe pain. His hind flippers were swollen, his lymph nodes riddled with tumors. Cancer had taken over his kidneys and turned his spine to mush. First responders at the Marine Mammal Center told Gulland they saw this in sea lions all the time.

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