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Title:
Mercurial Risks From Acid's Reign: Tainted fish may pose a serious human health hazard - includes information on methylmercury, health tips for anglers, affects on animals, and appreciation of methylmercury's threat
Author:
Raloff, J.
Date Published:
03/09/1991
Description:
Alerted by local health advisories, anglers in North America increasingly find that the catches they pull from their favorite lakes aren't fit to be fried, at least not in generous quantities. Most of those warnings focus on fish tainted with methylmercury, the form of mercury most toxic to humans.
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