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Levels of some cancer- causing oil compounds rose significantly in the waters off the Louisiana coast during the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to Oregon State University researchers.
“It’s an incredibly huge jump in concentration in a natural environment,” said Kim Anderson, an OSU environmental toxicology professor, who found a 40-fold increase in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs, from May to June.
Anderson said she is still analyzing the results and was not prepared to say what, if any, threat the elevated levels posed to the environment.
Denver Post wire services
