Horrors of the Deep: Our Toxic Legacy Still Haunts Us
Blades, R. (2017). Horrors of the Deep: Our Toxic Legacy Still Haunts Us. Green Science Policy, https://greensciencepolicy.org/horrors-of-the-deep/.
“Lulu was found on the rocky shores of Scotland tangled in fishing line. An autopsy revealed high levels of human-made toxics called polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), which were banned almost two decades before Lulu was born. Yet, they seeped out of landfills, contaminated the choppy seas, and collected in her fatty tissue. Lulu never had calves, possibly due to this chemical’s damaging reproductive effects. The United Kingdom lost one of its last killer whales this summer. But Lulu isn’t the only one with a PCB horror story…”