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Deepwater Horizon oil spill killed large numbers of dolphins, study suggests

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Dolphin deaths had already been reported within the oil spill’s footprint, but new findings are strongest yet linking them to the environmental disaster in 2010

Large numbers of dolphins have died as a direct result of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, new evidence suggests.

Dead bottlenose dolphins stranded in the northern Gulf of Mexico since the spill have lung and adrenal gland injuries consistent with petroleum exposure, scientists have discovered.

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