A shrinking Alaska glacier is releasing old pesticides in its meltwater

Old toxic chemicals, including pesticides such as DDT, are melting out of Jarvis Glacier in the Alaska Range. This was documented in a study co-authored by WERC research faculty Anna Liljedahl published in Water.

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