Concentrations of organic pollutants in seabirds from the tropical southwestern Atlantic Ocean are explained by differences in foraging ecology.

Summary: Imagine you are a seabird looking for food. Where you eat might decide how much pollution gets into your body! Scientists looked at four types of seabirds in the Atlantic Ocean. Some birds hunt close to the shore, while others fly far out to sea. The scientists tested their blood and feathers for harmful chemicals. They found that birds eating closer to the shore had much higher levels of bad chemicals than the birds flying far out in the ocean. This shows that pollution near the coast is a bigger problem for these animals.