News Headline
Polar Bears Threatened By Toxic Pollutants, Not Just Climate Change And A Warming Arctic
Source
International Business Times
Publication Date
2017-01-06
As if the ravages of climate change were not catastrophic enough already, polar bears have another danger to watch out for: toxic pollutants. A study found that risk from persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the Arctic is low for seals, but high for polar bears, especially the cubs.