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Sharks contain more pollutants than polar bears

Greenland sharks joined the list of top Arctic predators that suffer under heavy loads of accumulated pollution in their bodies. Biologists already knew that polar bears, orcas (killer whales) and people build up dangerous levels of toxins from feeding at the top of the Arctic food chain.

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