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Julie Watson Associated Press SAN DIEGO – Marine scientists say they have found what they believe to be more than 25,000 barrels that possibly contain DDT dumped off the Southern California coast near Catalina Island, where a massive underwater toxic waste site dating to World War II has long been suspected. The 27,345 “barrel-like" objects were captured in high-resolution images as part of a study by researchers at the University of California San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Researchers mapped more than 56 square miles of seafloor between Catalina Island and the Los A...

Don't show me this message again✕ Marine scientists say they have found what they believe to be as many as 25,000 barrels that possibly contain DDT dumped off the Southern California coast near Catalina Island ((David Valentine/UC Santa Barbara / RV Jason via AP)) Sea lions in California are dying from cancer at an unprecedented rate, potentially linked to thousands of toxic chemical barrels dumped in the Pacific Ocean decades ago.  On Monday marine scientists revealed they had discovered what appears to be those barrels, possibly containing the toxic substance dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro...

'Staggering': 25,000 Barrels Found At Toxic Dump Site In Pacific Ocean Off Los Angeles Coast Marine scientists say they have found what they believe to be as many as 25,000 barrels that possibly contain DDT dumped off the Southern California coast near Catalina Island, where a massive underwater toxic waste site dating back to World War II has long been suspected. The 27,345 "barrel-like" images were captured by researchers at the University of California San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography. They mapped more than 36,000 acres of seafloor between Santa Catalina Island and the Lo...

4 shares A barrel sits on the seafloor near the coast of Catalina Island, California, where marine scientists say they have found what they believe to be as many as 25,000 barrels that possibly contain DDT, March 2021. (David Valentine/UC Santa Barbara / RV Jason, via AP) SAN DIEGO, California (AP) — Marine scientists say they have found what they believe to be as many as 25,000 barrels that possibly contain DDT dumped off the Southern California coast near Catalina Island, where a massive underwater toxic waste site dating back to World War II has long been suspected. The 27,345 “b...

Up to 25,000 barrels at DDT dump site off SoCal coast, scientists say Share Updated: 10:51 AM PDT Apr 27, 2021 By Julie Watson Share Updated: 10:51 AM PDT Apr 27, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript ANNOUNCER: WHERE THE NEWS COMES FIRST, THIS IS KCRA 3 NEWS. TY: I AM TY STEELE. I ATONI: I’M TONI VALLIERE. HERE’S A LOOK AT OUR BIG STORIES TODAY. ORGANIZERS OF THE RECALL EFFORT AGAINST GOVERNOR NEWSOM HAVE COLLECTED ENOUGH VALID SIGNATURES TO QUALIFY FOR THE BALLOT. SECRETARY OF STATE SHIRLEY WEBER’S OFFICE SAYS MORE THAN 1.6 MILLION SIGNATURES HAVE BEE...