“…Health studies are more recent ( 2003) and started with the Southern Right Whale Health Monitoring Program (SRWHMP). Particularly, metals were assessed by Rosas et al (2012) and Martino et al (2013) in SRW tissues, but there is no available information on organochlorine levels. The aim of this research is to contribute to understanding the role of SRWs as sink of POPs in the marine environment and the relation of organochlorine compounds with mortality factors providing a useful baseline for future comparisons.…”