Plankton which absorbs pollutants have given readings of being 60,000 times more contaminated than the surrounding waters.
雖然這些汙染物在海水中遭到稀釋，以致含量極微，但是植物性浮游生物仰賴海水中化學成分生存，連帶吸收了汙染物質，而且累積在體內，可以達到海水中原來濃度的六萬倍。