New study finds mercury widespread in Indiana
Cross-posted from Valley Watch One in eight fish taken from Indiana waterways and analyzed over a five-year period was tainted with the toxic metal mercury, according to federal scientists who last...
View ArticleEPA proposes new mercury standards for power plants
Cross-posted from CNN Washington (CNN) — The Environmental Protection Agency proposed new national guidelines on Wednesday for mercury and air toxics released from power plants. The move came in...
View ArticleGrassy Narrows marks 50 years of mercury poison on First Nations Lands
Grassy Narrows calls on Ontario to fund permanent community run environmental monitoring station 2010 study shows mercury in fish still often above safe level Grassy Narrows - Fifty years ago this...
View ArticleMercury levels in Pacific Ocean fish on the rise due to India, China coal plants
By Alexander Besant, 26 August, 2013. Source: Global Post Mercury contamination in Pacific Ocean fish is on the rise due to pollution from Asian countries, according to new research. Coal-burning power...
View ArticleResearchers find 7,300-mile ring of mercury around tar sands in Canada
By Peter Moskowitz, December 29, 2013. Source: Al Jazeera America Scientists have found a nearly 7,500-square-mile ring of land and water contaminated by mercury surrounding the tar sands in Alberta,...
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