Mercury Hotspots Detected in Eastern U.S. and Canada
Environment News Service, January, 2007 by J.R. Pegg
WASHINGTON, DC (ENS) — --> By J.R. Pegg WASHINGTON, DC , January 9, 2007 (ENS) – U.S. sources of mercury emissions, particularly coal-fired power plants, are the major cause of five biological mercury hotspots identified in New England, New York and Nova Scotia, according to two new scientific studies.
The findings indicate the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, is greatly underestimating local and regional impacts of mercury emissions, but also show that mercury levels in fish and wildlife can decline when airborne mercury emissions from nearby sources are decreased. Published in this month’s issue of "BioScience," the two new studies are part of a three year research effort coordinated by the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation, HBRF. Dr. Charles Driscoll conducts...
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