1. Persistent Organic Pollutants
In England in the 1950's, otter hunting was a very popular game. By the late 1950's, hunters began having trouble finding otters. ... By December almost 40% of the North Sea population of seals had died. ... Because striped dolphins usually live and die far from any shores, the plague that hit the dolphins living in the Mediterranean Sea in the early 1990's was well under way before anyone realized what was happening. ...
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