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Penguins are wearing invisible pollution—and nobody saw it coming

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PFAS, or "forever chemicals," are so persistent they've cycled through air and water into the feathers of birds living on the most remote, pristine continents on Earth.

This means human-made pollutants are everywhere, even in the creatures we consider most untouched—a sobering reminder that our chemical footprint has no real borders.


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