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Article: Common chemicals morphing into potential toxins in arctic.
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- Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week
- Article date:
- July 17, 2004
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2004 JUL 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Compounds used to protect carpets and fabrics may be traveling to remote regions of the planet and undergoing chemical reactions before building up in the food chain, says a new study from the University of Toronto (U of T).
Until now, scientists had no idea why the persistent chemicals - perfluorinated carboxylic acids (PFCAs) - were present in remote areas such as the Canadian Arctic, said U of T postdoctoral research fellow Jonathan Martin, a study coauthor in the lab of chemistry professor Scott Mabury. "We've shown that fluorotelomer alcohols - chemicals used to prevent stains on textiles and in the electronics ...