AP Environmental Science / Unit 8: Aquatic and Terrestrial Pollution
8.7 Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
Notes
POPs are toxic, carbon-based chemicals that break down slowly, dissolve in fat, and travel long distances (DDT, PCBs, dioxins).
Practice
POPs build up in animal tissue because they are:
Stored in fat.
Which is a POP?
A persistent pesticide.
POPs have been found in the Arctic because:
Global transport.
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