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959 Surprising number of environmental pollutants in hedgehogs

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ScienceDaily · 04/01/2025 13:15 EDT

Surprising number of environmental pollutants in hedgehogs

Lead, pesticides, brominated flame retardants, plastic additives, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and heavy metals. This is what researchers found when they collected dead hedgehogs to investigate the environmental pollutants found in urban environments.

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