Why Do Fish Near Coal Plants Have Lower Levels of Mercury?

Image credit: thewritingzone /Flickr It makes sense that fish inhabiting waters adjacent to coal-fired power plants would have higher concentrations of bioaccumulating pollutants—most notably, mercury—than those living farther away. Coal plants are the leading source of mercury pollutants in the air —and most of the… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Why Do Fish Near Coal Plants Have Lower Levels of Mercury?

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