UV Gives Fish Skin Cancer

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UV Gives Fish Skin Cancer

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Aug 5, 2012

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Fifteen percent of a sample of 136 trout caught near the Great Barrier Reef showed evidence of melanoma, with UV exposure the likely culprit. Christopher Intagliata reports

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Aug 5, 2012

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