Photo: AFP / FRANCO BANFI
Surprisingly spread-out levels of 'forever chemicals' have been found in many kinds of whales in New Zealand waters.
Man-made PFAS chemicals are common in consumer products and impact human health, and new trans-Tasman research has looked at how whales and dolphins have been exposed to them.
Massey University Professor Karen Stockin - who led the study - says her team expected that it would be crucial where a whale spent its time, but it was not.
"While we might expect a sperm whale offshore to ha
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