DDT Found in Tissue of Antarctic Penguin
The Pesticide DDT was used during WWII to stop mosquitoes from
But And in a recent article by BBC News it was found that DDT was responsible for premature puberty in girls from developing countries. So if it was banned over 40 years ago, why is it still showing up in the tissue of Antarctic penguins? Frozen Findings
According to Heidi Geisz and other researchers from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The levels of DDT have remained the same for so long because the pesticide is a part of the life cycle of Antarctica.
The DDT is evaporated into the air, it becomes trapped in glaciers You can read the entire article here. That means the penguins have to worry about global warming and DDT, both of which are destroying their natural habitats.
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