DDT Levels In Antarctic Penguins Present A Complex Mystery

By Richard Chasey, posted on May 5th, 2008 in Biodiversity, Earth Observation

Originally Published by Environenmental Science & Technology

Decades after it was banned in most countries DDT is still showing up in Antarctica’s Adelie Penguins, a mystery leading scientists to suspect meltwater as the continued source of the persistent organic pollutant.