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“In the same week that global discussions to develop a legally-binding multilateral Plastics Treaty to tackle the plastic pollution, microplastics, and their associated harmful chemicals crisis collapsed, scientists identified a class of PFAS in the blubber of killer whales that had previously gone undocumented.
The new study – published in Environmental Science and Technology Letters – details the presence of five fluorotelomer sulfones (highly fluorinated, fat-loving chemicals) never before reported in wildlife. And it would appear that whales and other marine mammals could be particularly vulnerable to their exposure.
That’s because, unlike well-studied PFAS, which typically accumulate in protein-rich tissues such as liver and blood, these new substances accumulate in fat-rich blubber.” …