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Cat parasite found in Arctic Beluga
2014-02-14 18:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The cat parasite Toxoplasma gondii, which can cause blindness in people, has been identified in Beluga in the western Arctic. The discovery by University of British Columbia scientists has prompted a health advisory to Inuit people in the region who eat the whale's meat. Researchers say it is an example of how the warming of the Arctic is allowing the freer movement of pathogens. Icier conditions in the past acted as an obstruction to infectious agents. "Ice is a significant ecological...
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