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    Everglades Dolphins Have Highest Level of Mercury Ever

    Everglades Dolphins Have Highest Level of Mercury Ever

    Researchers have discovered that bottlenose dolphins residing off the Florida Everglades have higher concentrations of mercury contamination than any other population of the mammals in the world. Contamination levels of mercury (T-Hg) in Lower Florida Keys (LFK) and the Florida Coastal Everglades (FCE) dolphinsScience Direct The study, published in the journal Environmental Pollution, examined the […]

    Burning Less Coal = 19% Less Mercury in the Tuna You Eat

    Burning Less Coal = 19% Less Mercury in the Tuna You Eat

    I couldn’t, post-election, muster a plausibly big enough piece of good news to warrant a Thanksgiving blog—but then this morning one arrived. In an astonishingly short eight years, as a result of tougher emission rules on power plants and a declining use of coal, concentrations of mercury in Atlantic Bluefin tuna, the sushi sort, dropped […]

    Alarming Levels of Mercury Contamination Found Across Western North America

    Alarming Levels of Mercury Contamination Found Across Western North America

    An international team of scientists led by the U.S Geological Survey (USGS) released a comprehensive report last week showing widespread mercury contamination across western North America. The report, based on decades of mercury data and research, found alarming levels of mercury and methylmercury in the forests, fishes, wildlife, plants and waterways of America’s western landscapes. […]