Abnormally high deposits endanger health, study says; coal-burning plants are blamed
December 21, The Detroit News covered an Environmental Defense report:
"Metro Detroit is home to the nations second-most-contaminated site
for mercury, a substance that can poison fish and pose serious health
risks to children and pregnant women and their fetuses, according to an
environmental report.
Authors of the report, based on a scientific analysis of U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency data, said the 22-square-mile region in
Metro Detroit receives abnormally high deposits from airborne mercury.
Coal-burning power plants and other local sources are to blame for about
80 percent of the mercury pollution, according to New York-based
Environmental Defense."
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Environmental Defense organization site: http://www.environmentaldefense.org
US EPA Mercury website: http://www.epa.gov/mercury/
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