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ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY SEPT. 2 AND THEREAFTER - In an Aug. 16, 2017 photo, three small boats of University of Central Florida students and biologists head out from Sebastian Inlet south side boat ramp to research turtle viruses and tumors. Half the endangered green sea turtles in the Indian River Lagoon suffer from life-threatening tumors, caused by a herpes virus that doesn't infect us, but that we make worse for turtles. Our pollution likely worsens the pathogen's impact on sea turtles, research is finding. (Tim Short/Florida Today via AP)
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