Children are most susceptible to damage from exposure to toxic chemicals.
While people who live or work near sources of POPs pollution are heavily exposed to these toxins, POPs pollution is truly a global problem. Polar bears, whales and Inuit people living far from any industry now carry extremely high levels of POPs in their body tissue because POPs travel long distances on atmospheric currents and by water, accumulating heavily in the polar regions. POPs accumulate in living tissue, becoming concentrated in predators that consume contaminated prey and increasing in concentration as they pass up the food chain. Offspring are most at risk from POPs contamination. Greenpeace Many scientists and tribal people consider POPs to be the greatest threat to the longterm survival of Indigenous Peoples.