Researchers find contaminants in sea otters and bald eagle eggs in the western Aleutian Islands
University of California, Santa CruzRemote islands of surreal beauty, the foggy, windswept Aleutians are thousands of miles from heavily populated areas. Even so, the islands harbor a nasty reminder of human activity: Sea otters and bald eagle eggs from the western Aleutians carry potentially harmful levels of DDT and other contaminants.