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NNadir

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4. I would imagine that fish caught in the basin would have non-negligible quantities of chlorinated species related...

Reply to hunter (Reply #3)

Fri Jul 10, 2026, 12:44 AM

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...to DDT, although I can't say that I've read a paper related to it; if I did, I don't remember.

That situation off of Palos Verdes strikes me as serious, very serious. Those drums are surely degrading.

On the other hand, when I lived in Hermosa Beach, I went body surfing pretty much every late afternoon, and I'm still alive and relatively healthy. Of course, I only lived there for three or four years.

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Disturbing??? To say the least. Now I am going to go breathe the niyad Thursday #1

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My siblings and I grew up in the Los Angeles basin. hunter Friday #3

I would imagine that fish caught in the basin would have non-negligible quantities of chlorinated species related... NNadir Friday #4