Slug & Snail / Can they digest PCB toxins?

Subject: Slug & Snail / Can they digest PCB toxins?

Date: Mon Feb 28 14:24:19 2005
Posted by David P. Walker
Grade level: grad (non-science) School: Boston University / St. Mary's College
City: Moraga State/Province: CA Country: USA
Area of science: Zoology
ID: 1109622259.Zo

Message:


I once read certain types of snails in estuaries can digest toxic PCB reducing
them to a chemically inert substance. These snails are an important part of the
detoxifying ecosystem chain.

Is it true that certain slugs and snails can naturally digest toxic PCB’s (one
of the most toxic substances known)?

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