Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Dead-Sperm-Whale-on-a-Beach-in-Scheveningen-27MZIFO6XGK.htmlConceptually similarDead Sperm Whale on a Beach in ScheveningenGP0DNDCompleted★★★★Dead Sperm Whales Stranded on Beach on Island TexelGP0STPJV3Completed★★★★★★Dead Sperm Whales Stranded on Beach on Island TexelGP0STPJV0Completed★★★★★★Dead Sperm Whales Stranded on Beach on Island TexelGP0STPJV1Completed★★★★Dead Sperm Whales Stranded on Beach on Island TexelGP0STPJV2Completed★★★★★★Dead Sperm Whales Stranded on Beach on Island TexelGP0STPJV4Completed★★★★Dead Sperm Whales Stranded on Beach on Island TexelGP0STPJV5Completed★★★★Dead Sperm Whales Stranded on Beach on Island TexelGP0STPK6GCompleted★★★★Neptune Hauls Coke Bottles out of the Ocean in ScheveningenGP0STRBXMCompleted★★★★View AllGP0U3UDead Sperm Whale on a Beach in ScheveningenDead sperm whale on a beach in Scheveningen in the Netherlands.Locations:Europe, West Europe-Netherlands-ScheveningenDate:12 Jan, 1995Credit:© Greenpeace / Frederike MandersMaximum size:3072px X 2048pxKeywords:Beaches-Chemicals-Day-Death-KWCI (GPI)-Marine pollution-Oceans (campaign title)-Outdoors-Sperm whales-Sunny-Three people-WhalesShoot:Dead Sperm Whale on a Beach in ScheveningenGreenpeace analysed blubber samples from seven sperm whales stranded on North Sea beaches in the Orkney Islands and the Netherlands. These showed concentrations of a variety of organochlorines such as PCBs, DDT and hexachlorobenzene. These results show that even in open waters large whales are accumulating chemicals in their bodies.
