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Posted Tue May 29 2012: from New York Times:
Expert Links Dolphin Deaths to Sonar Testing http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1338334225
Did offshore oil exploration play a role in the recent deaths of nearly 900 dolphins off the northern Peruvian coast? Peru's fisheries minister said last week that government scientists had ruled that out as a possibility and that the dolphins probably died of natural causes. But a marine veterinarian and conservationist who examined many of the corpses contends they were probably harmed by sound waves from seismic tests used to locate oil deposits.
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