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Nagler gathered the original Hanford Reach samples in fall 1999 and took additional samples in November 2000.
CNN: Something's fishy with chinook salmon
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James Nagler, a University of Idaho assistant professor of zoology who led the study, said the results of the genetic testing on the natural-spawning chinook came as a surprise.
CNN: Something's fishy with chinook salmon
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Pesticides and other chemicals that could mimic estrogen and disrupt the normal development of salmon are present in the Columbia's water, Nagler said, but at very low concentrations - far below those used in laboratory experiments.
CNN: Something's fishy with chinook salmon