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  • Water pollution may be keeping silver carp out of Great Lakes

    Aug 9, 2019 9:15 am by Lauren QuinnResearch
    Silver carp leap from the water. Photo by Ryan Hagerty/USFWS

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    • Silver carp leap from the water. Photo by Ryan Hagerty/USFWS

    For the past decade, the invading front of silver carp hasn’t moved past Kankakee. A new study, led by scientists at Illinois, suggests Chicago’s water pollution may be a contributing to this lack of upstream movement.