Monday, December 6, 2010

Pulluted Sperm Whales!

Sperm whales seem to be polluted near the Galapagos Islands. The pollutants include the pesticide DDT, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH's, which can also have natural sources, such as volcanoes), hexachlorobenzene, and 30 types of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's). Another route is that after exposure to something like an oil spill, pollutants get sucked into their skin. Godard-Codding said, "Whether this actually reflects higher levels of pollutants in the Galapagos waters, or in the food chain in these waters, remains unknown." These pollutants are found to be man made and are released in the waters.
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3 comments:

  1. Caleb11December 7, 2010 at 8:46 AM

    Yeah I heard about this on the news. If this is polluting and killing sperm whales you'd think that they would do something about this. Do you know if the government or any organization has done anything to help out the whales?

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  2. SamanthaDecember 7, 2010 at 6:10 PM

    Matt.. you could have spelled polluted right in the title...

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  3. jamiejJanuary 18, 2011 at 9:53 PM

    something needs to be done to help these whales..and fast. all these oil spills are really hurting the ocean and ecosystem.

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