When you think of bald eagles, what comes to mind? More than likely it’s a vision of the majestic birds, soaring aloft, diving swiftly to catch a fish–not animals contaminated with toxic chemicals. It seems the latter is just the case in Michigan, where the state’s bald eagle population has the most contaminated birds on the planet, with abnormally high levels of flame-retardant chemicals in their livers.
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