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  • "There was a huge increase of PAHs that are bio-available to the organisms -- and that means they can essentially be uptaken by organisms throughout the food chain."

    Researchers Found 40-Fold Increase In Carcinogenic Compounds In Gulf Dan Froomkin 2010

  • "There was a huge increase of PAHs that are bio-available to the organisms -- and that means they can essentially be uptaken by organisms throughout the food chain."

    Researchers Found 40-Fold Increase In Carcinogenic Compounds In Gulf The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • For instance, rat testing of gene therapy for an engineered deficiency demonstrated that the functional gene was uptaken by the germline cells, so that offspring at least two generations down the line expressed that functional gene.

    Assessing Causality 2008

  • For instance, rat testing of gene therapy for an engineered deficiency demonstrated that the functional gene was uptaken by the germline cells, so that offspring at least two generations down the line expressed that functional gene.

    Assessing Causality 2008

  • About half of the surplus “anthropogenic” CO2 is uptaken either in the oceans or on land.

    Juckes and the NOAMER PC1 « Climate Audit 2006

  • Instead, the wastes are "treated" with chlorine and floculants that do nothing to remove them from the public water supply and are re-introduced via the water plants serving municipalities via the bodies of water into which they are eventually dumped, then re-uptaken for distribution through municipal water lines.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

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