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I Am the Toxic Walrus
Arctic Natives, Minding Own Business, Suffer From Our Pollutants |
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13 Jan 2004 |
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| I Am the Toxic Walrus Arctic Natives, Minding Own Business, Suffer From Our Pollutants Toxic industrial chemicals, carried north by wind, ocean, and river currents, are polluting the traditional diet of native Arctic peoples in Greenland and Arctic Canada. The pollutants, including PCBs and up to 200 other hazardous compounds, are first consumed by zooplankton, then trav ... |
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| Topics: Arctic, Canada, food and agriculture, health, oceans, pollution and waste, toxics (all these topics) |
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