ARCTIC REPORT
March 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Environment Agency (EEA) has reported that a paint industry chemical pollutant has been discovered in Arctic plants and animals, reaching the Arctic via air and water flows. The paint component PFOS - perfluorooctane sulfonate - said the EEA report 'Arctic Environment: European perspectives' has a "chemical structure...similar to other persistent organic compounds." This, it said, "leads researchers to suspect they might behave in a similar way in the environment and create similar adverse health effects in animals and humans." The ...
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