{"id":45611,"date":"2016-07-28T02:04:42","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T06:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/?p=45611"},"modified":"2016-10-24T06:54:51","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T10:54:51","slug":"even-10000-meters-sea-industrially-produced-chemicals-causing-problems-animals-deep-sea-crustaceans-contain-higher-concentrations-chemicals-animals-coastal-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetsave.com\/articles\/even-10000-meters-sea-industrially-produced-chemicals-causing-problems-animals-deep-sea-crustaceans-contain-higher-concentrations-chemicals-animals-coastal-waters\/","title":{"rendered":"Even 10,000 Meters Under The Sea, Industrially Produced Chemicals Are Causing Problems For Animals — Deep-Sea Crustaceans Contain Higher Concentrations Of Man-Made Chemicals Than Animals In Coastal Waters"},"content":{"rendered":"
Very high levels of man-made pollutants and toxic chemicals — including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) — have been found in animals living in some of he deepest oceanic trenches in the world, according to brand new as yet unpublished research.<\/p>\n
The work involved the collection of small shrimp-like creatures, including Hirondellea gigas<\/em> (shown), from the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean, and from the Kermadec Trench near New Zealand — at depths of 7,000 to 10,000 meters. The Mariana Trench is of course actually the deepest trench in the world — meaning that man-made persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are now accumulating en masses even in the most remote parts of the ocean.<\/p>\n The collections were part of a 2014 US National Science Foundation sponsored research program focused on deep-sea ecosystems.<\/p>\n