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| | MWRA State of Boston Harbor report |
 | | The tomalley is tested for the same contaminants plus lead, cadmium, copper, nickel, silver, zinc, chromium, and PAHs. |
 | | MWRA examined whether the apparent increase in lobster tomalley PCBs could be explained by the better laboratory testing methods that have been used recently, but the trend was found no matter which method was used. |
 | | One explanation for the trend is that, due to the lower amount of sewage solids in the harbor, lobster could be foraging less in the Outer Harbor and more in the Inner Harbor and Dorchester Bay, where there are more pollutants. |
| www.mwra.state.ma.us /harbor/html/soh2002_26-27.htm (498 words) |
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