Many are resistant to natural degradation processes, so they gradually accumulate in the environment and are distributed across the globe on currents of wind and water. As a result, a cocktail of hundreds or thousands of manmade chemicals can now be found absolutely anywhere on the planet, from the deep oceans to the North Pole, from the Mississippi River to our own bloodstreams. The result is a dizzying array of environmental problems that have filled the news ...
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