A Primeval Tide of Toxins Runoff from modern life is feeding an explosion of primitive organisms. This 'rise of slime,' as one scientist calls it, is killing larger species and sickening people. By Kenneth R. Weiss Times Staff Writer July 30, 2006 http://www.latimes.com/news/local/oceans/la-me-ocean30jul30,0,952130.story Moreton Bay, Australia - The fireweed began each spring as tufts