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About a third of brown bullhead catfish in Lake Memphremagog, which spans the Quebec-Vermont border, have melanoma tumours on their skin. Researchers say the black, lumpy spots are the first known transmissible cancer in fish.
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About a third of brown bullhead catfish in Lake Memphremagog, which spans the Quebec-Vermont border, have melanoma tumours on their skin. Researchers say the black, lumpy spots are the first known transmissible cancer in fish.
#montreal #mtl #quebec #news #catfish #fish #vermont #border #melanoma #awareness #research #cancer
For more on this story: cbc.ca/news/science/fish-transmissible-cancer-9.7279045
»»» Subscribe to CBC Quebec to watch more videos: https://rb.gy/0w3z63
Connect with CBC Montreal Online: cbc.ca/montreal
Follow CBC Montreal on TikTok: tiktok.com/@cbcmontreal
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Download the CBC News app for iOS: apple.co/25mpsUz
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For more than 80 years, CBC News has been the source Canadians turn to, to keep them informed about their communities, their country and their world. Through regional and national programming on multiple platforms, including CBC Television, CBC News Network, CBC Radio, CBCNews.ca, mobile and on-demand, CBC News and its internationally recognized team of award-winning journalists deliver the breaking stories, the issues, the analyses and the personalities that matter to Canadians.
