Mammals metabolize some pesticides to limit their biomagnification
Monday, July 21, 2014 - 15:01
in Biology & Nature
The concentrations of many historically used, and now widely banned, pesticides and other toxic chemicals -- called legacy contaminants -- can become magnified in an animal that eats contaminated food. However, a new study has found that Arctic mammals metabolize some currently used pesticides, preventing such 'biomagnification.'