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Published online 10 February 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050207-13
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'Pollutants' in whale blubber are naturally produced
Sea creatures make chemicals similar to those spewed out by human factories.
Noxious chemicals found in whale blubber may not be entirely artificial, research shows. Some of the compounds, which resemble the environmentally polluting chemicals we create as flame retardants, may be produced by sponges and other sea creatures.
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