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Why coal is the enemy of the human race: Reason no. 836,372
Mercury moves from coal plant to fish dinner as fast as its name implies |
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19 Sep 2007 |
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| A Scientificblogging post explains that it only takes three years for mercury emitted by coal-fired plants to travel up the food chain into fish that we eat: 'Before this study, no one had directly linked atmospheric deposition (mercury emissions) and mercury in fish,' says study co-author Vincent St. Louis of the University of Alberta. The experiment filled a major gap in scientists' understanding of how mercury moves from the atmosphere through forests, soils, lakes an ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, fishing, food, mercury, toxics (all these topics) |
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