Our conversation with Matt Cooper
A recent study published inEnvironmental Monitoring and Assessmentsfinds turtles are getting doses of heavy metals such as lead and copper.
Matt Cooper is one of the co-authors of this study. He’s a research scientist at Northland College in Ashland, Wisconsin.
Cooper joined us on Stateside to talk about the findings.
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Matt Cooper is an aquatic ecologist and research scientist at Northland College in Ashland, Wisconsin.
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