It's Unanimous

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-tc-nw-mercury-fish-0819-0820aug20,0,3541262.story

Mercury found in every U.S. fish tested

Dina Cappiello, Associated Press
August 20, 2009

WASHINGTON - -- A federal study of mercury contamination released Wednesday found the toxic substance in every fish tested at nearly 300 streams across the country, a finding that underscores how widespread mercury pollution has become.

From 1998 to 2005, scientists collected and tested more than a thousand fish from 291 streams nationwide.

While all fish had traces of mercury contamination, only about a quarter had levels exceeding what the Environmental Protection Agency says is safe for people eating average amounts of fish.

"This science sends a clear message that our country must continue to confront pollution," Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said in a statement.

Mercury can damage the nervous system and cause learning disabilities in developing fetuses and young children. The main source of the mercury, according to the researchers, is emissions from coal-fired power plants. The mercury rains down into waterways where natural processes convert it into methylmercury -- a form that allows the toxin to wind its way up the food chain into fish.

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-Laelth

and just eat vitamins. Oh wait... :grr:

were batteries - AA's and AAA's. I counted 120 one day just on my side of the road. Double that for the whole road.


I figure under that miasma of modern alkaline batteries there MUST be a huge number of batteries that contain mercury. And Lead.....all tossed aside since the 1960's when portable radios became ubiquitous.

A population that will toss that many batteries out of their car windows prolly won't learn to save any kind of planet anywhere.

Unless it's made of cash. or Ben and Jerrys.