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Mercury regulation in the United States

New study examines how mercury in fish develops

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Mercury builds up in fish over time, which can be dangerous to humans when they eat fish. For the longest time, we didn’t know how that mercury built up, but new research sheds a light on that process.

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Mercury and Loons

Researchers have said for some time that particles from coal-fired power plants may cause as many as 30,000 premature deaths among humans each year in the United States. Now the Environmental Protection Agency is highlighting another health hazard from coal-burning and incinerators: mercury. Burning coal and trash sends mercury into the atmosphere, where it can […]

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