Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

So it bioaccumulates not only in the body of an individual whale as it continues to swim and eat and age, it will also bioaccumulate in the species because lactation passes it on to the next generation in an upward ratchet of poisoning.

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Toxins accumulate in whales and affect future generations through lactation.

05/10/2010

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