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Military sonar systems linked to whale deaths
Anahad O'Connor

The International Herald Tribune


10th October 2003

Scientists identify decompression illness

Scientists have long suspected a link between mass whale strandings and the military's use of powerful sonar systems, but the evidence - dying whales washing ashore when sonar exercises occur - has been mostly anecdotal.
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Now, international researchers have identified a disorder similar to decompression sickness, or the bends, as the cause of at least some whale beachings, and they say military sonar is most likely to blame.


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