Green | December 09, 2010 | 0 comments

'Climate change could give you cancer': UN report warns of deadly pollutants from glaciers

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Melting glaciers and ice sheets are releasing cancer-causing pollutants into the air and oceans, scientists say.

The long-lasting chemicals get into the food chain and build up in people's bodies - triggering tumours, heart disease and infertility.

The warning comes in new international study into the links between climate change and a class of man-made toxins called persistent organic pollutants.


Link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1336810/Climate-change-cancer-UN-...
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