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Mercury levels in Pacific fish likely to rise in coming decades
Description: Researchers have determined that up to 80 percent of the toxic form of mercury, called methylmercury, found in the tissues of deep-feeding North Pacific Ocean fish is produced deep in the ocean. The study also confirmed that the mercury found in Pacific fish near Hawaii likely traveled through the air for thousands of miles before being deposited on the ocean surface in rainfall. The North Pacific fisheries are downwind from rapidly industrializing nations such as China and India that are increasingly reliant on coal-burning power plants, a major source of mercury pollution. [Source: EurekaAlert!]
URL: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-08/uom-mli082213.php
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Source: EurekaAlert!
Publish Date: 8/27/2013
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