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Chemicals that seep out of cigarette butts can be acutely toxic to fish and micro-organisms.

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Source 1:

Micevska, T., et al. "Variation in, and Causes of, Toxicity of Cigarette Butts to a Cladoceran and Microtox." Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 50(2). Feb. 2006: 205-12. Web.

http://www.springerlink.com/content/p433v47q31282841/

Source 2:

Register, Kathleen M. "Cigarette Butts as Litter—Toxic as Well as Ugly." Clean Virginia Waterways. Farmville, VA. Web.

http://www.longwood.edu/cleanva/ciglitterarticle.htm

Source 3:

Slaughter, Elli, et al."Toxicity of cigarette butts, and their chemical components, to marine and freshwater fish." Tobacco Control. 2011. Web.

http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/20/Suppl_1/i25.full

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