Chemicals on their way out of U.S. consumer products are increasingly present in Great Lakes birds.

Poly- and perfluorinated compounds used for more than 60 years in paper, carpet, furniture, clothing, cardboard and Teflon are showing up in the birds' eggs, according to a recent study - the first ever of these compounds in Great Lakes wildlife. The results surprised researchers.

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