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AFP January
25, 2008
Potentially
cancer-causing chemicals used as flame retardants have been found in
the bodies of Tasmanian devils, suggesting a possible role in a
disease that threatens to wipe them out, a report said Tuesday.
Scientists
have for years been unable to explain why the animals -- the world's
largest marsupial carnivore -- have been afflicted with the disease,
which causes facial tumours.
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