Pollution Triggers Genetic Resistance Mechanism in a Coastal Fish

Thursday, February 17, 2011 - 16:00 in Biology & Nature

For 30 years, two General Electric facilities released about 1.3 million pounds of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) into New York's Hudson River, devastating and contaminating fish populations. Some 50 years later, one type of fish--the Atlantic tomcod--has not only survived but appears to be thriving in the hostile Hudson environment.

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