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Arctic Foulers: Foraging seabirds carry contaminants home

By Susan Milius

- More than 2 years ago

When birds forage at sea, they pick up mercury and pesticide residues, which end up accumulating near nesting colonies, suggests a study in Arctic Canada.

POLLUTION OASIS. The high cliffs of Devon Island in the Canadian Arctic house northern fulmars (inset) that fertilize the green ponds below and dose them with mercury and pesticides. Blais; (inset) M.