California Sea Lions Seeing Unprecedented Cancer Rates; Banned Chemicals Share The Blame By Athena Chan Representative image.
Sea lions have been seeing unprecedented rates of cancer, and now-banned chemicals are among the culprits behind the illnesses.
Experts at the Marine Mammal Institute recently had to euthanize a female sea lion that came ashore in San Luis Obispo County, California. It was
underweight and was eventually diagnosed with a type of cancer known as urogenital carcinoma, Reuters
The sea lion is only one among the many cases of the illness. However, experts have been seeing frequent diagnoses of the untreatable disease that has been affecting the species. In fact, a