USGS study- US freshwater streams and their fish contain higher levels of mercury
March 5, 2010
According to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), fish from U.S. freshwater streams appear to be universally contaminated with the neurotoxin mercury.
The article linked below explains, “All fish were contaminated with mercury, more than 66 percent of them at levels higher than those set by the Environmental Protection agency as a ‘level of concern for fish-eating mammals,’ according to Reuters. More than 25 percent of the fish were contaminated at levels higher than those set as the threshold for human consumption.”
A full summary can be found at:
http://www.naturalnews.com/028284_fish_mercury.html
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