This week, we wrap up our coverage of key findings from the 2016 Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference. For the past six months, we have brought you close to 20 stories ranging from the latest on salmon die-offs to new theories about the spread of PCBs and other toxics. Today we finish by looking ahead. Emerging contaminants are proving to be an important 'next frontier' in Salish Sea science. Christopher Dunagan's story looks at the potential threats from these chemicals to both humans and wildlife.
Read the entire series of SSEC16 stories on the Encyclopedia of Puget Sound.
Drugs like Prozac and cocaine have been showing up in the region’s salmon. But these are just some of the potentially thousands of different man-made chemicals that may escape into the Salish Sea every day, from pharmaceuticals to industrial compounds. Now the race is on to identify which ones pose the greatest dangers.
It simply is not reasonable to assume a chemical is safe until proven otherwise.” — The Endocrine Society
