Media from: Lead from gasoline discovered in Indian Ocean
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Corals grow annual density bands that can be counted like tree rings. Researchers have measured lead in coral samples shown, and traced the history of lead deposition in the Indian Ocean.
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MIT researchers who have sampled the Indian Ocean's water and corals have found high concentrations in lead deposited from Asia and Africa's industrial processes.
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MIT researchers who have sampled the Indian Ocean's water and corals have found high concentrations in lead deposited from Asia and Africa's industrial processes.
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