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Bats in Germany are riddled with pesticides and toxic pollutants

Tests on 387 bats from five species found that all were exposed to high levels of polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine insecticides, legacy pollutants that have long been banned.

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Bats in Germany are riddled with pesticides and toxic pollutants

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