Bears build up what fish flush out

Overlooked pollutants might be having a bigger effect than we thought.

Efforts to control chemical pollution may overlook thousands of toxins that concentrate as they march up the food chain, say researchers. Compounds that do not accumulate in fish can still build up in marine birds and mammals — and possibly the people that eat them, they have found.

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Bears build up what fish flush out

Overlooked pollutants might be having a bigger effect than we thought.

Efforts to control chemical pollution may overlook thousands of toxins that concentrate as they march up the food chain, say researchers. Compounds that do not accumulate in fish can still build up in marine birds and mammals — and possibly the people that eat them, they have found.

Read the story here.

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