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“The frigid waters that surround Antarctica may be inhospitable to human inhabitance, but they are churning with the manmade relics of toxic chemical production, a new study has found.
Certain types of ‘forever chemicals’ are present in ocean areas west of the Antarctic Peninsula at levels comparable to those in the North Atlantic, according to the study, published in Communications Earth & Environment.
These findings, the study authors stated, underscore the importance of considering persistence when weighing environmental risk, while shedding light ‘on the impact of the larger pool of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances,’ also known as PFAS.” …