{"id":5668,"date":"2023-11-29T16:12:38","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T16:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalescientists.com\/?p=5668"},"modified":"2023-11-29T16:12:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T16:12:40","slug":"harbor-porpoise-calves-chemicals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalescientists.com\/harbor-porpoise-calves-chemicals\/","title":{"rendered":"Harbor porpoise calves ingest toxic chemicals through their mother’s milk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The use of \u201cforever chemicals\u201d or persistent organic pollutants (POPs) has been banned for quite some years. They include infamous compounds such as PCBs or polychlorinated biphenyls, pesticides, and flame retardants. Yet, these chemical contaminants are still present in our marine ecosystems, and the porpoises inhabiting them. Scientists discovered that more than half of harbor porpoises from the southern North Sea had contaminant concentrations above the threshold for risks of health effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n