Factoid/2006/02/09
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Burning Coal Puts Mercury in Our Fish
- "Coal-burning power plants produce 42 percent of industrial mercury pollution in the U.S. -- mercury from their smokestacks falls into lakes, streams, and oceans, and concentrates in fish and shellfish. Mercury contamination is especially dangerous for women of childbearing years..." - excerpt from the SIerra Club newsletter, Sierra Club Insider, from 2/8/2006.
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