Arctic mammals can metabolize some pesticides, limits human exposure

Wednesday, August 6, 2014 - 11:01 in Biology & Nature

Fortunately, you are not always what you eat -- at least in Canada's Arctic. New research reveals that arctic mammals such as caribou can metabolize some current-use pesticides ingested in vegetation. This limits exposures in animals that consume the caribou -- including humans.

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