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Article: STUDY INDICATES DIOXINS WIPED OUT LAKE TROUT UW-MADISON SEA GRANT INSTITUTE STUDIES THE DISAPPEARANCE OF LAKE TROUT FROM GREAT LAKES.(LOCAL/WISCONSIN)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- November 9, 2003
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Byline: Associated Press
CHICAGO -- It's long been a whopper of a whodunit, the mysterious disappearance of the lake trout from the Great Lakes.
Now, experts say they think they've identified the suspect that killed off the fish in a few decades, leaving behind a devastated Great Lakes commercial fishing industry and a void that was filled by invasive species.
A 15-year federal study suggests that minute traces of a type of industrial pollution -- specifically, dioxins -- probably played a large role in killing off the king of the world's largest freshwater system.
"This is as close to a smoking gun as we've found," said Stephen Whiteman, spokesman for the ...