Scientists find no radiation in sick ringed seals
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20120218/D9SVFVB83.html
The affected animals had lesions on hind flippers and inside their mouths. Some showed patchy hair loss and skin irritation around the nose and eyes. Stricken live seals were lethargic, allowing people to approach. Necropsies on the dead ringed seals found fluid in lungs, white spots on livers and abnormal growth in brains. Symptoms, but no deaths, were also observed in Pacific walrus. . . . NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service in December confirmed more than 60 dead seals and 75 diseased seals in Alaska waters. Outbreaks were also reported in Russia and Canada.
NOAA says, "... probably not caused by radiation"
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