Killer whales' diet more important than location for pollutant exposure

ScienceDaily
Oct 11, 2023, 6:22 pm136 pts
Both elegant and fierce, killer whales are some of the oceans’ top predators, but even they can be exposed to environmental pollution. Now, in the largest study to date on North Atlantic killer whales, researchers report the levels of legacy and emerging pollutants in 162 individuals’ blubber. The…

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