Human activities in the global ecosystem is increasingly more and worse consequences. Now, the unfortunate and unexpected surprise was found in Australia, where scientists have found fish with skin cancer for the first time.
The danger of exposing the skin to ultraviolet rays from the sun without protection, also came to the underwater world, because cancer in these species that inhabit the Great Barrier Reef, gave ultraviolet radiation due to the hole in the ozone layer .

15% of coral trout on the Great Barrier Reef of Australia have cancerous lesions on their scales, as published by the LA Times.

Australia has the largest hole in the ozone layer and the expectation is that 2 in 3 Australians will be diagnosed with skin cancer before the age of 70, the highest rate in the world.

Scientists from the Australian Institute of Marine Science were near the Great Barrier Reef conducting research on the prey of sharks when they noticed strange dark spots on the fish. Scientists turned to another research team from the University of Newcastle in England for help.

Although the first hypothesis had to think of an infectious disease, laboratory tests confirmed tumor malformations. Apart from the skin lesions, the fish were caught by investigators showed no sign of disease.

Fuente: Diarioecologia.com