Banned and disused chemicals from our more industrial past continue to poison wildlife in rivers throughout the UK. But since these pollutants tend to exist in low concentrations in water and sediments, their modern influence is somewhat hidden. Animals accumulate chemicals over longer periods of time though, and in new research, we’ve discovered how these toxic relics are funneled through food chains to contaminate entire ecosystems.
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Source: Phys.org