"That's according to a recently published report from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. The 2024 survey found anticoagulant rodenticides - a fancy name for one of the most toxic types of rat poison - in the bodies of 95% of mountain lions and 83% of bald eagles tested, as well as dozens of other species, including foxes, bobcats, owls, hawks, black bears and endangered California condors."
"sea water is drawn in and filtered via reverse osmosis, Oneka engineer Vincent Blanchard explained, while standing atop the "iceberg". "Basically with the wave action, just the buoyancy of the buoy kind of pulls on a rope that is tethered to the sea floor," Blanchard said. "As it comes up...the piston will be pushed inside. So that will suck in water, and also the [at] same time will pressurize the other side.""
A 2024 survey by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife detected anticoagulant rodenticides in 95% of mountain lions and 83% of bald eagles tested. The chemicals were also found in foxes, bobcats, owls, hawks, black bears, endangered California condors and river otters, indicating widespread contamination across terrestrial and aquatic species. Anticoagulant rodenticides are among the most toxic rat poisons and can persist in animal tissue. California enacted AB1788 in 2020 to moratorium second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides, and laws in 2023 and 2024 expanded restrictions to first-generation compounds such as chlorophacinone and warfarin. A separate wave-powered buoy design draws seawater and filters it via reverse osmosis using a piston driven by buoyancy and wave action.
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