Personal care product chemicals found in Antarctica
Friday, February 27, 2015 - 08:00
in Earth & Climate
A team of researchers with the Spanish Council for Scientific Research has found small amounts of cyclic volatile methylsiloxanes in soil and plant samples and also in krill and phytoplankton specimens, all taken from various sites in Antarctica. In their paper published in Environmental Science and Technology, the team describes their research and offers a possible explanation for how the chemicals found their way to such a remote part of the planet.