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Fish Evolve Immunity To Toxic Sludge

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday October 30, 2011 @07:48AM from the what-does-not-kill-me dept.

RedEaredSlider writes "Fish in the Hudson River and the harbor in New Bedford, Mass., have evolved resistance to PCBs. In the Hudson, a species of tomcod has evolved a way for a very specific protein to simply not bind to PCBs, nearly eliminating the toxicity. In New Bedford, the Atlantic killifish has proteins that bind to the toxin (just as they do in mammals) but the fish aren't affected despite high levels of PCBs in their cells. Why the killifish survive is a mystery."

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Re:Yeah creationist ? by Anonymous Coward · 2011-10-30 08:00 · Score: 0, Redundant

Indeed. Fish that have resistance qualities to printed circuit boards? Maybe we can have them make our iWidgets.

This should go swimmingly.