Mapping Pollutant Threats to Sea Turtles: Satellite Tracking Reveals Potential Threat Posed by Human-Made Chemicals

Persistent organic pollutants are consistently showing up in the blood and eggs of loggerhead sea turtles, and the turtles accumulate more of the contaminant chemicals the farther they travel up the Atlantic coast.

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Keywords: PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POPS), SEA TURTLES, ENDANGERED SPECIES

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Related Topics: Solid waste and turtles, Sea turtles conservation and fisheries, Pollution and Degradation

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